TURNIP, SWEET POTATO & BEET SALAD

Proportions of ingredients to taste:

• Turnips, cold boiled, diced
• Sweet potatoes, cold boiled, peeled, diced
• Beets, cold boiled, peeled, diced
• Lettuce

Homemade Mayonnaise dressing:
Mix 1 teaspoon of pepper, 2 teaspoons of mustard and 1 teaspoon of salt with 2 yolks of egg. Add ½ tablespoon of vinegar. Add 1.5 cups of olive oil gradually, stirring constantly. As soon as the mixture thickens, thin it with a little more vinegar. Proceed until two tablespoons of vinegar, and all the 1.5 cups of oil are used. If the oil is added too rapidly, mayonnaise will curdle. Smoothness can be restored by taking the yolk of another egg and adding to it little by little. The curdled mixture. Mayonnaise should be stiff enough to hold its shape.

On each plate place some leaves of lettuce. In the center place sweet potatoes and turnips. Cover with mayonnaise dressing. Decorate around the potatoes and turnips with the diced beets.