Looking for a light dinner or simple salad course? For March, we've got the recipe for Mixed Green Salad with Basic Vinaigrette from Meredith Mileti's novel Aftertaste.
Let's get started!
Ingredients:
Dressing-
2 cloves of garlic
1 tsp of kosher salt
2 lemons' juice or 1/3 cup
2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 tsp of Dijon mustard
Instructions:
1. Slice garlic and sprnkle with kosher salt.
2. Mince, scraping knife back and forth over mixture to abrade the garlic and form a paste
3. Squeeze lemons to generate a 1/3 cup of lemon juice.
4. Add olive oil and whisk to combine.
5. Add garlic paste, a few grinds of black pepper, and mustard.
6. Whisk until dressing is emulsified. Store refrigerated until cold.
7. Coat a salad bowl (preferably wood) with dressing and top with washed, fresh greens.
8. Serve and enjoy!
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