Butter Lettuce With Shrimp And A Fresh Herb Dressing Recipe

Ingredients

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• 1 bag butter leaf lettuce (or other "soft" lettuce - I wash mine even when it's bagged, better safe than sorry I say) shopping list
• 1/2 of an english cucumber, peeled with the flesh diced into a 1/4 inch dice, seeds tossed into the compost shopping list
• 1 avocado, cut into quarters, peeled then each quarter cut into 3 lovely slices shopping list
• 1/4 to 1/3 pound small cook shrimp (I think they actually call these cocktail or salad shrimp ~ found at your fish stand) shopping list
• For the dressing: shopping list
• 2 tablespoon white balsamic or champagne vinegar (so very mild, if you use a regular white wine vinegar, add a pinch of salt to round it out) shopping list
• 1 teaspoon Dijon musard shopping list
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh tarragon shopping list
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil shopping list
• 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh thyme shopping list
• salt and pepper, to your taste shopping list
• 1/4 to 1/3 cup good quality extra virgin olive oil (when you are adding the olive oil, taste after 1/4 cup, if it seems to acidic then add some more until you like the balance of vinegar to oil) shopping list