Ashleigh came home from school yesterday excited not about the field trip her class took, but about the carrot sticks she had at lunch! I normally pack her lunches and snacks for school, but for the field trip I agreed to let her buy the school lunch. I never would have imagined the school lunch would spark an interest in veggies in our normally veggie-avoiding princess!
Along with dinner last night, I cut some organic apples into slices for dipping with local honey and organic carrots into sticks. As a dip for the carrots, I decided to make homemade ranch dressing. For the dressing, I started with a recipe for a dry ranch mix on the Heavenly Homemakers blog. To make the dressing, you add two tablespoons of the dry mix to 1 cup of mayonnaise and 1 cup of buttermilk. I didn't have any buttermilk on hand, but a google search lead me to an easy substitute - add one tablespoon lemon juice to 1 cup of milk and let stand for 5 minutes. Worked beautifully. And the dressing, absolutely delicious!
