Fresh Leaf Salad With Lemon Vinaigrette

Last Friday, Megan and I harvested the first batch of lettuce from our lettuce pot to make a salad with. It was a combination of oak leaf, deer tongue, cracoviensis, black-seeded simpson, and australian yellowleaf lettuces, which are leafy and soft. We planted some arugula seeds in the pot too, but they won't be ready to cut for another week or so.

The salad we made was so pretty and delicious with a combination of gala apple, onion, cucumber, walnuts, and chives, and we dressed it with a lemon vinaigrette. Since we made the lemon vinaigrette up on our ownand it was so delicious, I will provide the recipe here.

Fresh Leaf Salad With Lemon Vinaigrette

4 individual servings

Ingredients:

1/4 cup olive oil

2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

1/4 tsp of grated lemon zest, approximately

1 tbsp white wine vinegar

salt and pepper to taste

1 clove garlic, minced

2 tsp chives, chopped

A mix of leaf lettuces, approximately 4 cups

Enough gala apple for three slices per salad

Enough onion, sliced, and cut in half moon strips to provide 5 strips per salad

 Enough cucumber, sliced, and cut into quarters, to provide each salad with three pieces

chopped walnuts to garnish

chopped chives to garnish

Directions:

1. Combine first seven ingredients and stir until dressing is emulsified

2. Dress lettuce with vinaigrette adding a tablespoon at a time until lettuce is dressed to your taste

3. Plate lettuce in equal portions on four plates

4. Artfully distribute the apple, onion, cucumber, walnuts, and chives on each salad

Enjoy!

Jennifer