Rocket Salad

We love this salad. It's our true guilty pleasure. I know the chorizo isn't healthy but I figure this is still better than pigging out at the local chip shop. This has green in it!
We normally have this with a veggie thin crust pizza divided between the two of us. Not meat and thin crust so you're not adding calories to it and can enjoy the chorizo treat. You can use either spicy or normal chorizo, it's totally up to you.

1 Chorizo Sausage, sliced
1 Red Onion, sliced thin
Handful Pine Nuts
40g (lrg handful) Rocket, added to bowl (Arugula)
2 tbsp balsamic




Let start with those tasty pine nuts. We're going to toast them so on your stove, heat a pan on high. You do want the pan hot because you want to quickly toast these guys. No one wants a burnt pine nut...trust me
So to a hot pan add the pine nuts. Now keep them moving!!!
*Practice that fancy chef shimmy they do with pans. My husband does it. Flips them all fancy...I try and they end up on the floor*
Once lightly brown all over, set them aside

Now add a drop of olive oil to the pan. No more than 1 tbsp is needed. You're going to crisp up that chorizo. Pop them all in a keep turning until they have darkened and are nice and crisp. DO NOT DRAIN THE PAN. Lift out each piece and place onto some kitchen towel to drain any excess oil

You are now left with a chorizo juice/oil mix in your pan

To this, add the onion and cook until soft

Again DO NOT DRAIN but lift the onion and set aside

Now you have a pan of onion/oil/chorizo and you're going to add your balsamic. This will be your dressing. Scrape up any pieces left in the pan while mixing.

Once you have everything in a large bowl add the dressing and give it all a gentle mix