Mixed Garden Greens Salad
Recipe from Diabetic Living

This vegetable side salad is tossed with a homemade low-fat French dressing. You also could make just the dressing and serve it on any tossed salad.


Mixed Garden Greens Salad

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Servings: Makes 8 (about 1-cup) servings
Total Time: 20 mins
 
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Ingredients
  • 2  cups
    torn romaine
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  • 2  cups
    fresh spinach leaves
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  • 1-1/2  cups
    torn curly endive
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  • 1-1/2  cups
    arugula
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  • 2  small
    red, green, and/or yellow sweet peppers, cut into thin strips
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  • 1  small
    red onion, thinly sliced
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  • 1  cup
    red or yellow grape, pear, or cherry tomatoes, halved
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  • 1  medium
    carrot, thinly shaved and curled*
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  • 1  ounce
    Wisconsin cheddar cheese, finely shredded (1/4 cup)
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  • 1/2  cup
    Homemade Low-Calorie French Salad Dressing (below) or 1/2 cup bottled reduced-calorie French salad dressing
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Directions
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In a large bowl, combine romaine, spinach, curly endive, arugula, sweet pepper strips, red onion, and cherry tomatoes. Top with carrot curls and cheddar cheese. Serve with Homemade Low-Calorie French Salad Dressing. Makes 8 (about 1-cup) servings

Homemade Low-Calorie French Salad Dressing
In a blender, combine 1/4 cup low-sodium tomato juice or vegetable juice; 3 tablespoons vinegar; 1 tablespoon honey; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 clove garlic, minced; 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper; and 1/8 teaspoon salt. With the blender running, slowly add 1/3 cup olive oil through the hole in the lid; continue blending until mixture reaches desired consistency. Cover and chill for up to 1 week. Makes about 3/4 cup.

Test Kitchen Tip
To make carrot curls, use a vegetable peeler to cut long thin strips of carrot; curl and secure with toothpicks. Place in a bowl of ice water for 1 hour. Remove toothpicks before adding carrot curls to salad.

Nutrition information
Calories 99, Total Fat 7 g, Saturated Fat 2 g, Cholesterol 4 mg, Sodium 72 mg, Carbohydrate 7 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 2 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 0%. Exchanges: Vegetable 1.5, Fat 1.5. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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