Eat: Smoked Salmon and Strawberry Salad

if there was a competition for salads, i would enter this one. it's like... waking up and discovering you're in paradise, and there are little fairies flitting about and unicorns prancing through the fields and rainbows exploding in the skies. except in salad form.

so grab a plate and
git some:
- arugula and baby spinach
- fresh strawberries
- dried cranberries
- smoked salmon
- grana padano cheese*
- balsamic vinegar
- olive oil
- salt and pepper

do this:
1. slice up the strawberries
2. break up the salmon; please don't use canned salmon, or it won't be as good and you'll blame me.
3. shred some cheese. if you don't have grana padano, parmesan will be good too (*i'm praying that you're not reaching for that can of pale powdered non-cheese that is sitting in your fridge. try fresh, it will change your life.)
4. mix it all together with the cranberries and the arugula and spinach
5. drizzle balsamic vinegar and olive oil, and toss with salt and pepper
6. proceed to paradise.