Baby Lettuce and Cucumber Salad

Name: Baby Lettuce and Cucumber Salad
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill; Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 6 cups (about 4 ounces) baby lettuce or mesclun; 1 large cucumber, peeled, seeded, and diced

December 9, 2011

When we were kids, just a little older than Jack is now, we used to run over to Granny Paul’s house to pick the baby lettuce in her spring garden. Now we can find bagged conveniently baby lettuce in our supermarket. We like to make this salad to accompany and lighten up all kinds of heartier fare, like Creamy Chicken Alfredo Bake (page 32). If you can’t get baby lettuce, you can make this recipe with any kind of lettuce you’ve got in the fridge.

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