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.