First Homegrown Salad of 2014

Okay - I cheated a bit.  The red pepper and cherry tomatoes were bought. But the lettuce, arugula and green onion all came from the garden this morning.

The dressing is a very easy ranch dressing and we like it so much it's what we use all the time now.  The chives and garlic are from our garden.

Ranch Dressing

1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 garlic clove, pressed
chives and other dried herbs to taste

Put all ingredients in a jar and shake up.  I refrigerate it for a couple of hours so the flavours blend.  Keeps for 3 days although it rarely lasts more than a day or two.  Make it 2 parts buttermilk, 1 part mayonnaise and add garlic and herbs - so easy to remember!