Butter Lettuce & Garden Herb Salad

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by Oct 1st, 2010 // Appetizers, Healthy, Veggie Friendly

Butter Lettuce & Garden Herb Salad

Butter Lettuce & Garden Herb Salad

I know it doesn’t look like much but this salad is truly amazing and dressed to impress. It’s my go-to special occasion salad and it never fails me. It is so easy to make and it’s one of the birthday boy’s favorites.

Butter Lettuce & Garden Herb Salad

I’ll admit that my kid did not have even one bite BUT the next day he finally tried lettuce for the first time and immediately declared that he liked it and ate like a rabbit. I think this awesome salad is in his future.  Now for the recipe…

Butter Lettuce & Garden Herb Salad Recipe

Prep Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:
1 bag butter lettuce (aka Boston bibb)
handful of flat leaf parsley leaves
handful of tarragon leaves
leaves of 2 or 3 sprigs of dill
teaspoon of fresh oregano leaves
6 to 8 basil leaves torn
1 cucumber, thinly sliced
6 tablespoons olive oil
juice of one lemon
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
salt & pepper to taste

In a large bowl toss together fresh herbs and cucumber. Meanwhile, whisk lemon into olive oil. Add mustard and salt and pepper to taste and continue to whisk until emulsified. Drizzle over salad and toss to coat. Serves 4.

Butter Lettuce & Garden Herb Salad

Thanks for the emails and comments about the salad bowl. I bought it at a local shop, but they also sell it here: Pacific Merchants Acaciaware 12-Inch Round Flared Bowl

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4 Comments on “Butter Lettuce & Garden Herb Salad”

  1. 1.) Amanda
    October 2nd, 2010

    We love bibb lettuce so I am definitely going to give it a try…but can I ask where did you get that beautiful salad bowl? It is so pretty.

  2. 2.) CookingWithMyKid
    October 4th, 2010

    Everyone loved that bowl. I got it at a local shop but found it online for you and added a link to it in the post. Let us know what you think of the salad. I could eat an entire serving bowl full!

  3. 3.) Amanda
    October 5th, 2010

    Thank you for the link :) I just added it to my wish list.

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