Salad to go with Cajun dinner?

[MinouLQ]

Hi all - I'd love your help devising a salad/dressing to go with a rather spicy, heavy meal. I'm cooking for friends who have professed to never have eaten Cajun/Creole before (dubious, but ok); I'm making BBQ shrimp; chicken and andouille gumbo, blackened redfish over macque choux with a creole mustard sauce, and chicory coffee cafe-au-lait ice cream for dessert. I'd love to have some light, green salad with a tasty dressing to freshen up the spread, but I'm terribly uncreative when it comes to salads and their various dressings. Anyone have some ideas to throw at me?

Thanks!

[mamachef]

You can deep-fry well-dried cooked black-eyed peas and dust them with Cajun spices, and use them to garnish a salad of bitter greens with a slightly sweet citrusy vinaigrette.

[JungMann]

I agree with the idea that you want something acidic to cleanse the palate. Maybe a chicory and arugula salad with spiced pecans and a creole mustard vinaigrette would stay within your theme.

[MinouLQ]

Thanks so much for the suggestions- I'm thinking bitter greens with spiced pecans, a citrusy vinaigrette, and knobs of goat cheese will be perfect.
Much appreciated!!

[monavano]

A fennel-based salad with an orange/citrus vinaigrette might perk up the palette. Also I love a salad with roasted corn and goat cheese.

[todao]

http://www.cajuncreations.com/Recipes...