California Pizza Kitchen contacted me to test out their new Roasted Vegetable Salad. I’m a huge fan of this restaurant chain. Back when I was a college student, I was a secret shopper and this was one of my favorite assignments. I would dine, review and get a free meal plus $25. Awesome. Now decades later, I’m still psyched to dine at CPK for free.
Mr.Momtrends and I headed to the Annapolis Mall location over Memorial Day weekend. We ordered this beauty and were so happy. The “kitchen sink” style salad includes: Roasted artichoke hearts, asparagus, Japanese eggplant, red & yellow peppers, corn and sun-dried tomatoes, served warm over Romaine lettuce tossed in homemade Dijon balsamic vinaigrette. Topped with fresh avocado. Yum.
This dining out experience inspired me to share the recipe from a CPK cookbook called: Pasta, Salads, Soups and Sides Cookbook. But I’m telling you, sometimes it’s more fun to have someone else do all the chopping!
Grilled Vegetable Salad
Ingredients:
Asparagus
Eggplant
Zucchini
Scallions
Roasted Corn
Fresh Avocado
Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Romaine Lettuce
CPK Vegetable Marinade
6T Olive Oil
1 t Soy Sauce
1 t cumin
1 t cayenne
CPK – Dijon balsamic vinaigrette
2T Dijon mustard
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1 cup olive oil
1T chopped garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Cut up and marinate veggies for 10 min. grill until done, slice and toss over romaine lettuce with dijon balsamic vinaigrette.
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Hi Cybele,
I shared my delicious GF Japanese Style Rice Salad.
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HI,
Sorry – you are not Cybele! I goofed!I also shared tow articles that I hope fit in. IF not… you know what to do!
No worries, I appreciate the link and the comment. And I love your rice salad!
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How fun to be invited to try their food, bet it was great:@)
Who doesn’t love being taken out to lunch! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Thanks a lot Nicole for coming over and inviting me here.You have a great site.I hope to be here every Friday.I brought my Filipino Bar.Have a great weekend to all
Thanks for the reminder
I linked #s 17 7 18. Hope you like them! Have a wonderful day!
Love that taco salad you linked. Thanks so much.
I love the sound of the roasted vegetable salad at the California Pizza Kitchen – I’ll have to try and have one before we go back home to England
I also like the sound of the recipe too!
Thank you for hosting, and I love your new Friday Food button!
Thanks April. Hope you are having a wonderful trip.
Thanks so much for linking up at Muffin Monday! Have a great weekend!
The marinade sounds like it has the perfect spices and we do love roasted veggies.
Roasted veggies are so sweet and tasty. Thanks for stopping by.
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