Name: Chef's salad
Prep time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 675g Boston, Bibb, green or red leaf lettuce, or a mixture, washed, trimmed, and dried; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 250ml dressing of your choice, such as shallot or herb vinaigrette, ranch, or blue cheese; 110g imported Swiss cheese, cut into 5cm long matchstick pieces; 110g baked ham, cut into 5-cm long matchstick pieces; 110g smoked turkey, chicken or duck breast, cut into 5cm long matchstick pieces; 110g rare roast beef, cut into 0.5 by 5cm matchstick pieces; 2 hard-cooked eggs, shelled, cut into wedges; 1 ripe avocado, diced; 16 vine-ripened cherry or grape tomatoes, halved; 2 kirby (pickling) cucumbers, sliced; 100g toasted croutons