Recipe courtesy of Joanne Lamb Hayes

Summer Lettuce Salad with Buttermilk Dressing

  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 10 min
  • Prep: 10 min
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Ingredients

4 cups packed green leaf lettuce (rinsed, crisped, and broken into pieces)

1 cup shelled fresh green peas, uncooked

Buttermilk dressing, recipe follows

Buttermilk Dressing:

2 tablespoons prepared mustard

2 tablespoons cider vinegar

1 tablespoon light brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon paprika

1/8 teaspoon hot red pepper

1 cup buttermilk

Directions

  1. Divide the lettuce onto 4 chilled luncheon plates. Top each serving with peas. Drizzle dressing over salads.

Buttermilk Dressing:

  1. Stir together the mustard, vinegar, brown sugar, salt, paprika, and red pepper in a pint jar with a tight-fitting lid. Add the buttermilk; cover and shake until combined. 

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Joanne S.

I wanted to use up some buttermilk and didn't realize until I was putting this together that there was absolutely no oil in this...I thought it must be a mistake; but I proceeded anyway and it was surprisingly good without it. I would just say that if you want a thicker, creamier consistency, hold back on the buttermilk and stop when it gets there. I think I will do that the next time. This is a thinner, pourable dressing--but tasty. A good fat-free dressing? Who woulda thunk? Just what I needed now that I'm dieting once again.

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