coolness on a hot day — Les Petites Gourmettes

Ingredients

• 1 head of garlic, unpeeled
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Olive oil
• 3 or 4 fresh thyme sprigs, leaves pulled off, stems reserved
• 3/4 cup 0% Fage Greek yogurt
• 1 green onion, white and green parts finely diced
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• Pinch of sugar
• 2 hearts of romaine, torn into bite-sized pieces
• 3 medium ripe tomatoes, cut in half and then thinly sliced
• 6 to 8 ounces mushrooms, well cleaned, then thinly sliced
• 1 avocado, thinly sliced
• 1/4 small red onion, sliced paper-thin