Steak & Papas Fritas Salad

This salad came together while we were watching a Texas football game - Troy was making margaritas and so I thought a steak & papas fritas salad might be nice. We love grilling onions & peppers and I diced & seasoned potatoes and added them to the grill to get them crispy, as well. Any addition/deletion of veggies (mushrooms?) would be great... I recommend crumbling queso fresco atop, as well. *I didn't have any cilantro, but perhaps that would have been nice with a squeeze of fresh lime :)

Ingredients:

• Marinated, grilled & thinly sliced steak
• 1 yellow onion
• 1 small diced potato
• 2 roma tomatoes
• 1 cup chopped broccoli
• 4 ribs biased cut celery
  
• 1 cup queso fresco
• 5 cups mixed greens
• olive oil, fresh lime juice, balsamic, etc, or any vinaigrette of your choice
• kosher salt and fresh pepper
  

Preparation:

Marinate and prepare your steak as you wish - I use steak seasoning, balsamic vinegar and olive oil and grill the steaks to medium. (For fabulous steak preparation advice, see Jen's post.) Slice onion into thin crescent shapes and toss with diced potatoes, olive oil and steak seasoning. Grill veggies. Dice tomato, cut broccoli & celery. Toss veggies with mixed greens and queso fresco or feta cheese. (*Broccoli & celery happen to be what I had on hand, and I like to get as many veggies into us as possible, even if they don't always "go"... you can add or omit as you wish.) Add in warm grilled onions, diced crispy potatoes and toss. The flavors from the grilled onions and potatoes create enough of a "dressing" for the salad, but feel free to enhance with a squeeze of fresh lime juice or olive oil, or whatever vinaigrette you prefer.... Serve with grilled steak and a margarita!