With a few extra touches, this leafy salad looks like an elegant floral bouquet. Perfect for spring: Easter, Mother's Day, a garden party, and more. 

20 minutes prep time, serves 8

INGREDIENTS:

• 8 cups of spring mix lettuce
• 1 pink raddicchio, like Traviso Rosa del Veneto (optional if you can find it!), cut into 1 inch triangles
• Your favorite mild colored salad dressing (mine is 4 parts lemon juice, 2 parts olive oil, 1 part honey, 1 part dijon mustard)
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 1 orange (or purple!!) carrot, peeled into ribbons. 
• The petals of 8 organic edible flowers, removed just before serving 

DIRECTIONS: 

• In a mixing bowl combine the lettuce with the dressing and salt.
• Wearing plastic gloves or with freshly washed hands, arrange each portion of lettuce in the shape of a flower bouquet with the stems generally pointing toward the bottom.
• At the very bottom of each bouquet, wrap the carrot ribbons around the bottom of the stems.
• Over any visible stem, add a flower petal and/ or a piece of the pink lettuce.
• Serve immediately.