I am not a big fan of pure carbohydrates. I prefer the substitute ones: pretzels, popcorn, cereal, etc. rather than an actual piece of bread. So tonight, when it was time for dinner, I was determined to make a crazy concoction using all the ingredients for "make your own pizza", but...not on a pizza. I took a large salad bowl and filled it halfway with a previously prepared Greek salad, consisting of a lettuce mix, red radishes and chopped up scallions. Then I moved over to the actual salad bar, where I added in some darker romaine lettuce, black beans, a little bit a Feta cheese and then the pizza toppings: chopped up juicy tomatoes, caramelized red onions, a couple spoonfuls of sliced mushrooms and miniature pieces of broccoli. To finish it off, I poured a little bit of tomato sauce on the side of bowl as a make-shift dressing. I mean hey, I had to finish off the "pizza", right? My first forkful was a mish-mosh of everything. It was full of flavor, the tartness of the radish mixed with the garlic-spiced caramelized onions, the sweetness of the tomatoes, the crunch of the black beans and the hearty flavor of the tomato sauce. The pungent taste of the scallions left my mouth with a minty-like taste, but it quickly disappeared when I took my next bite filled with mushrooms, more onions, tomatoes and little chunks of feta cheese. My creation of a meal was different and innovative and extremely tasty!
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