Cucumber Ranch Dressing

This dressing was a perfect companion to crisp romaine lettuce and ripe juicy cherry tomatoes.  The cucumber added such a level of brightness and freshness and it was SO easy to make that I will definitely be making this dressing again over the summer cookout months!

Cucumber Ranch Dressing
Recipe courtesy of Relish

Ingredients
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded & finely diced
2 green onions, finely chopped
3/4 c. sour cream
1/4 c. mayonnaise
4 T. lemon juice
3 T. Italian parsley, chopped
coarse salt and fresh black pepper, to taste

Directions
Stir together cucumber, green onions, sour cream, mayonnaise, buttermilk, lemon juice, parsley and salt & pepper in a medium bowl.

Watermelon & Feta Salad

I have been intrigued by the combination of Feta and watermelon for a long time now and today was the perfect, warm, sunny day to experiment. I'm not usually a person who mixes foods that do not "seem" to go together, but I knew that I love Feta cheese and I love watermelon, so what's not to love when you put them together?

I found many recipes online calling for a dressing for the salad, for red onions, etc... I chose not to go with any of those recipes, but to take bits of each and put them together into an easy and refreshing salad that I'm happy to say was delicious!

Watermelon & Feta Salad

Ingredients

• 2 cups of diced, cold watermelon (seedless, preferably)
• 1/2 cup of Feta cheese crumbles
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 tsp. of black pepper
• 6 mint leaves, chopped

Directions
Mix all ingredients together and serve! Easy enough for you?