Lettuce and Vegetable Salad

Ingredients

2 heads of Romaine/Iceberg lettuce
1 medium Cucumber (seeded)
2 medium Tomatoes
2 medium Carrots (peeled)
1 medium yellow squash (seeded)
½ medium shallots (if desired)
2 heads of green onions/scallions (trimmed)
1 each Red, orange or yellow sweet peppers (seeded)
4 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
4 tablespoon Olive oil
¼ teaspoon Garlic powder
1teaspoon fresh Parsley (diced)
2 teaspoon vinaigrette or 1 tablespoon dry white wine (if desired)
¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning
½ teaspoon fresh basil (diced)
Salt and black pepper to taste

Preparation

1st Step: With cold water rinse the romaine/Iceberg lettuce, chop in desired shape and spin dried; keep in fridge;

2nd Step: Wash, chop or slice the cucumber, tomatoes, squash, carrots, peppers, scallion, shallot, and keep in fridge;

3rd Step: Prepare the salad dressing: mix the oil with lemon juice, garlic, parsley, Italian seasoning, basil, vinaigrette, wine, salt and black pepper; Whisk it well until the mixture is smooth or blend it in a food processor if more dressing is needed; Keep in fridge;

4th Step: At the time of serving, combine the vegetables and lettuce; add the salad dressing as desired and toss it well.

P.S. Keep the rest of the dressing in fridge for future use.