A simple recipe stands on its own merit, cool and confident. In that less-is-more spirit, I bring you my all-time favorite salad.  You may be thinking “For this I need a recipe?”  But this one will knock your socks off, I promise.  Not because there are any surprising ingredients or culinary twists, but because the elements are balanced against each other.  I have made this simple salad many times with rave reviews from company.

The SALAD

| | | leaf lettuce – for bed of each serving |
| 1 | pound | steak cubes or strips – cooked/seared to taste and warm |
| | | egg – hard-boiled and quartered for each serving |
| | | tomato – quartered for each serving |
| | | other veggies, such as onion, mushroom, avocado, etc. – as desired for each serving |

The DRESSING

| 1/4 | cup | mayonaise |
| 1/4 | cup | sour cream |
| 1 | Tablespoon | sweet pickle relish |
| 2 | Tablespoon | fresh lemon juice |
| 1 | teaspoon | sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Dijon mustard |

Simply mix all the dressing ingredients well.

Build each salad serving with lettuce and garnishes.

Arrange the still-warm cooked steak cubes on top of the salad servings.

Pour the dressing over the steak cubes and salad.