Gourmet Green Salad with Homemade Red Wine Vinaigrette

Salad:

• 10-12 cups mixed greens I use the large rectuangular box from Sam’s Club
• 1 pound white button mushrooms sliced
• 2 ripe pear sliced thin (you can also use fresh strawberries, raspberries, or apples, fresh
• ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese I grab my big block of Parmesan cheese and use my vegetable peeler to slice of thin peels of Parmesan, thinly sliced
• 1 large carrot or about 5-6 baby carrots, thinly sliced
• ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese freshly grated
• ¼ to ½ to ½ cup red onion thinly sliced
• 5-7 lices Bacon cooked and coarsely chopped
• 3 cups croutons see below for a how-to, store bought or homemade

Red Wine Vinaigrette:

• ⅔ cup red wine vinegar
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• ¼ cup red onions finely grated (about 1/4 of a large red onion)
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons salt
• black pepper ground, to taste
• 2 cups canola oil