Mixed Baby Greens w/ Homemade Dressing

So the oddest but most wonderful thing happened in one of our raised garden beds.  Lettuce grew on its own.  Volunteer, I think it's called.  Yesterday I harvested the baby lettuce gave it a nice shower to clean off the dirt, and then into the salad spinner to dry it off.

There was romaine, curly green leaf, red leaf, and arugula.  What a wonderful delicious surprise!

This lettuce is delicate and very tender, no heavy dressing will work...no ranch, no blue cheese, no thousand island.  The dressing recipe I made to go with the salad is light and a bit tart, and just delicious.

Dressing:

2 Tbl. White Balsamic Vinegar
1/2 tsp. Dijon mustard
3 Tbl. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Tbl. finely chopped shallot*
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper

Put all ingredients in a small jar and shake, shake, shake.  Pour over baby greens and enjoy.

To the salad, I added dried cranberries and sunflower kernals.  Another option would be to add some crumbled bacon.

*We grew shallots in our garden last year.  It was quite a harvest, enjoyed them all winter and still this spring.

Enjoy Friends!