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.

Servings:
Makes 8 (about 1-cup) servings
Total Time:
20 mins
Ingredients
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2 cupstorn romainesee savings

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2 cupsfresh spinach leavessee savings

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1-1/2 cupstorn curly endivesee savings

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1-1/2 cupsarugulasee savings

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2 smallred, green, and/or yellow sweet peppers, cut into thin stripssee savings

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1 smallred onion, thinly slicedsee savings

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1 cupred or yellow grape, pear, or cherry tomatoes, halvedsee savings

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1 mediumcarrot, thinly shaved and curled*see savings

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1 ounceWisconsin cheddar cheese, finely shredded (1/4 cup)see savings

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1/2 cupHomemade Low-Calorie French Salad Dressing (below) or 1/2 cup bottled reduced-calorie French salad dressingsee savings

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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