Crunch Salad Cocoa Vinegarette

It's a little nerve-wracking cookie with you, but I'm okay

No, no, no, no, no, don't be. I'm your tool. Good. Come move in with me

Okay. Just that easy. Did I get a bedroom near the husband

Yes. Oh, I didn't. Anything. That was my evil twin that jumped up and said that

Okay, okay, well, okay, we're going to make a crunchy salad. Okay, yay

And it's going to be a cocoa vinaigrette. Okay, yay. Which might sound a little..

You know, I don't think I've ever had a cocoa vinaigrette. vinegarette. It's really tasty

I can't wait. So how many nuts you want chopped? If you could

chop a cup of those almonds. Okay, a cup. They are roasted and salted

That would be fabulous. Okay. We're going to use four cups of

arugula. Love arugula. Love, love, love. Love, love, love arugula. And then I've got the two celery

sticks and the English cucumber. You know, I don't use a regular cucumber ever

I actually use pickling cucumbers. Really? I just love the way they taste

So in the dressing over here, I'm going to take a teaspoon of

Dijon mustard. Dijon. Which I love Dijon. I do too. Don't you just love just cooking in the kitchen with your

friends and your family? Yes. Do your girls get in there with you? They do. They're really

really starting to get into it. They love it. And you know what? They feel invested

when they help. And then they're going to like it even more

Exactly right. I tell folks with chilling, if you let your kids

get in there and help, they're so proud of their accomplishments. And they're not necessarily going to fight you on it

because I've got one that will fight me on anything that isn't sweet. Really

Yes. I'm going to take one teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder. And then I'm just going to eyeball it while you're doing that

I'm going to do a fourth cup of balsamic vinegar. A fourth of a cup of balsamic vinegar

A fourth of a cup. That looks like about a fourth of a cup, right? Yeah. And then the same with the oil

I going to do a fourth of a cup of the extra virgin So agey see I just like to cut little strips out Like that Mm mm And make them pretty So you don mind

No, not at all. Thinner. Now, do you just want them sliced or diced

However you want to do. Okay, I like to do it like you like to do it

You tell me. I'll slice them, and then I'll dice them. And I'll dice them

Angie, how in the world did y'all wind up in Charlotte, North Carolina

Oh, I love this story. That seems like such a far place from..

Texas or Los Angeles? Yes. Yes, it is. Well, Jimmy Johnson is an incredibly successful NASCAR driver

Yes, yes. And he is the godfather to my third. Uh-huh. And his wife, Channy, is the godmother to my second

So we went to go visit them. I was pregnant at the time with my third. And I asked my husband, I was like, Jason, please, will you just take me for a walk in this beautiful southern place

Uh-huh. And I said to him, I go, Noah, isn't this beautiful? Like, don't you think you could live here? And he kind of went like, well, yeah, sure, I could live here

I had a house the next day. I did. Can I put the arugula in

Yes, yes. That's roughly four cups, don't you think? Yes, whatever you say

We have the most wonderful group of friends. See, isn't that pretty? Look at that. Yes, it's beautiful

So I'm just going to kind of go like this with my hands and get all that stuff mixed up like that

Tell me one more time what's in that drink. We have a teaspoon of Dijon mustard

A teaspoon of the unsweetened cocoa powder. Okay. Fourth of a cup

Balsamic. Fourth of a cup. Oil. You're done. All right. So you're going to dress the salad

Dress this salad. I'm going to dip with some chili. God, look at that color

Isn't that pretty? Bon appetit. Oh, this looks amazing. Mmm

And with the balsamic, it just kind of plays off each other. My husband will love that

You ain't tasted nothing yet, sister