The most delicious salad ever (or at least in a long while)

Some friends are moving to D.C. soon, so we went out to dinner with them on a random Tuesday night.  Parking was hard to find.  I had to circle multiple lots!  Ok, it also happened to be Cinco de Mayo, so I'm not sure if that contributed to it or not.  Who knew that Sunnyvale downtown is actually crowded and happening now? 

Anyway, they're vegan/vegetarian, and were raving about the Fattoush Salad at Dish Dash, saying that it's the best fattoush salad they've ever had.  And they've traveled to Turkey and other Mediterranean countries before!  So of course we decided to try it as well, and it really was amazing!

Fattoush salad is a Lebanaese bread salad with a pomegranate molasses and sumac dressing.  Typically there are many greens in it, tomatoes, cucumbers, and toasted pita chips (this is the bread component).

Naturally, the first thing I did after getting home was write down the list of things I saw and tasted in the salad, so I could try reproducing it over the weekend!  Here's my first attempt:

Romaine lettuce, mixed greens, cherry tomatoes, persian cucumbers, radishes, italian parsley, cilantro, mint, and pita chips!  Not bad for a first attempt, but maybe I put too much lemon juice into the dressing because it was rather sour.

Now it's been another week, and attempt #2 is definitely improved.  Or at least that's what Geoff told me.  (I added some honey into the dressing mixture so now it's less sour and has more depth!)

Tonight I also tried Nom Nom Paleo's "Green Chicken" Recipe and asked Geoff to grill it outside.  They turned out pretty well!  And I also roasted some potatoes with rosemary (but there's no picture of this because we enjoyed eating them too much).