Because last night's dinner was not the paragon of health food I could have hoped for I decided to go healthy tonight. Mexican food last night = Salad tonight.
Actually this salad is one of my favorite quick meals. I use a bag of organic mixed greens, some imitation crab and my own lemon and olive oil dressing. And a tomato. A small one. You could use a bigger one. You know better than I do how much you want to eat.
The recipe today is just for the dressing. The rest is pretty self explanatory. If you can't manage the salad on your own go ask your 10 year old big sister to make it for you. And don't worry about it. You're too short to be in the kitchen, anyway. Go back to the cartoons.
Recipe:
One lemon
Extra Virgin Olive oil - good quality olive oil really makes a difference.
Salt
Pepper
Squeeze the lemon out into a bowl. Or you could use a tupperware type of bowl with a lid, then you could just shake all the ingredients together. Genius! Add some salt and pepper and mix it around. The salt will dissolve in the lemon juice but not the oil so make sure the salt is dissolved before you add the oil. The pepper isn't going to dissolve. It really isn't. I'm a chemist. I know these things.
Add some oil. The amount you add depends on how much juice you got out of your lemon. Lemons all have different amounts of juice. The skill of the lemon juicer will come into play here, too. So look at how much lemon juice you have and add about half that amount of oil. Use a whisk (or put the lid on that tupperware and shake it) to mix it well. Taste it and add more salt, pepper or oil. It depends on what you like. I know what I like and how much to add for me. But not for you. You have to figure it out on your own. Give it a shot. Be brave.
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