Fried Chicken and Cheesesteaks

 Riffing on a recipe a friend shared for homemade ranch, but with what I had on hand:  1 cup mayo 1 cup plain kefir (or whole milk plain yogurt) 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar zest one lemon, chopped fine juice of one lemon ground black pepper or white pepper chopped chives (dried or fresh) chopped dried onion or a finely diced shallot 2 teaspoon dried roasted garlic  1 tablespoon sugar 1 tsp salt  mix well, serve over fresh salad greens or anyway you prefer salad ... 

 A lovely mushroom soup worthy of Pennsylvania winters - you could even savor a bowl near a crackling fire while gazing out on a silvery gray landscape worthy of a Wyeth painting ... perhaps one of the gorgeous sycamore that overlooked the Gilpin house at Brandywine Battlefield when it was visited by General Lafayette and was still there in my teen years when I gave tourists tours of the house.  RIP majestic tree.