Edamame Salad

[adonnchaid]

So, I see in the feedback that people want the recipe for the tomato-edamame salad I make for the con suite. I post it here on one condition. I'm the only one who gets to bring it to Escapade. Y'all can make it at home, but I bring it to the con *g*

Dail's Tomato-Edamame Salad

It really doesn't have a recipe. I shop at Costco, and buy things and dump them together and put dressing on it. Okay, maybe there's sort of a recipe...

1 Costco container red grape tomatoes (I think it's a bit over 2 lbs)
1 lb. mozzarella cheese, chopped into smallish cubes
Marinated artichoke hearts, drained, and if too big, cut into smaller pieces. How many, you ask? I get the two-jar bundle at Costco, drain them (reserve the marinade) and then split into three equal portions. I think it was about 12 oz. of drained pieces per salad this year.
I get the edamame at Vons/Safeway in the freezer cabinet, their 1 lb bags of shelled edamame, cooked according to package directions. One package (1 lb) per salad.

I prepare all the ingredients a day ahead and store them in freezer bags separately (except the tomatoes, which I wash and drain and repack back into their plastic clam-shells with a paper towel folded under them to make sure they don't get icky).

For the dressing:

1 part marinade from the artichoke hearts
1 part Newman's Own Light Balsamic Vinaigrette (which I also get at Costco *g*)
For the whole salad, maybe 1/4 cup of each, mixed, then put on the salad.

I don't assemble the salad until the day it's going to be eaten.

And that's all there is to it :)