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Healthy Eating Recipes: Autumn Salad

02/01/2011 01:59:00 admin
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Fruit and nuts make this salad a fun starter or side to most main-dish meals . . . and it can be served year round!

Recipe Source: Deliciously Healthy Dinners

Prep time Cook time Yields Serving Size
10 minutes 0 minutes 6 servings 1 C salad

Ingredients

1 Granny Smith apple, rinsed and sliced thinly (with skin)
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 bag mixed lettuce greens (or your favorite lettuce) (about 5 C), rinsed
1/2 C dried cranberries
1/4 C walnuts, chopped
1/4 C unsalted sunflower seeds
1/3 C low-fat raspberry vinaigrette dressing

Directions

1, Sprinkle lemon juice on the apple slices.
2, Mix the lettuce, cranberries, apple, walnuts, and sunflower seeds in a bowl.
3, Toss with raspberry vinaigrette dressing, to lightly cover the salad, and serve.

Nutrition Facts

calories 138
Total fat 7 g
Saturated fat 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 41 mg
Total fiber 3 g
Protein 3 g
Carbohydrates 19 g
Potassium 230 mg

Recipe courtesy of Keep the Beat™, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
™Keep the Beat is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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