Fattoush Salad

To go with Armenian potato salad, baba ganoush, and lavash, my mom and I went off of Joumana's recipe to make a fattoush salad.  We skipped the raw peppers and reduced the sumac, and we used lavash, garlic powder, and watercress rather (respectively) pita, fresh garlic, and purslane.  I find that garlic powder is mush milder and easier to mix when you're making dressings.

Fattoush Salad

(adapted from taste of beirut)

Ingredients

1 head of romaine lettuce (or any other lettuce), torn in pieces

a bunch of watercress

green onions, thinly sliced

a handful of chopped Italian parsley and a handful of fresh mint

a few Persian cucumbers, peeled and diced

some grape tomatoes, sliced

a few radishes, sliced

pieces of pita or lavash, tossed with olive oil and salt and toasted

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dressing:

2 small lemons, juiced

1/2 c of extra-virgin olive oil

1 generous TB of sumac

2 tsp garlic powder

salt

Serves 4-6.