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How I Learned To Prepare a Salad: New Orleans Style

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Photos provided by Upsplash About the time you finish reading  this article you could be serving this delicious dish to your dinner guest. The spinach salad has long been a favorite side dish in many New Orleans restaurants. Packed with nutritious greens, red onions, and fresh mushrooms this side salad is the desired starter intro to a great meal.   As a young college student living in New Orleans I found myself short on funds. What college student is not? Although today's  college life is probably not the same as say thirty-five years ago. The internet and online courses seem to have made getting a degree a matter if one has the time to complete a course of study. Did I miss out on something? I needed a job to pay for extras. You know, the things that care packages and work-study did not provide. A life! I applied for a job as a dishwasher at a local family restaurant in walking distance from the university.  I was hired immediately, more like on the spot. After reviewing my appli