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Colorful Fruit-and-Greens Salad
Low Fat Recipe

This colorful combination of strawberries, orange, apples and fennel goes perfectly with assorted baby greens such as escarole, radicchio, endive - found at most grocery stores pre-cut and sold by the pound or pre-packaged -- and a light fruity vinaigrette.

Ingredients for Vinaigrette:
3/4 cup fresh orange juice
2 tablespoon white wine vinegar or champagne vinegar
1 teaspoon olive oil 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Pinch salt

Other Ingredients:
4 cups mixed salad greens, such as mesclun
1/2 cup sliced strawberries
One orange peeled and sliced
One Golden Delicious apple or Bartlett pear, cored and chopped
1/2 fresh diced fennel

In a large salad bowl, whisk together vinaigrette ingredients. Add salad greens and toss. Arrange fruit and fennel on top of greens and serve.

Recipe makes four servings salad.

Nutrition information per serving:
Calories: 95
Carbohydrate: 17g
Protein: 1g
Fat: 1g
Saturated Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 0
Sodium: 74mg
Fiber: 4g
Calories from fat:  15-percent

See also:
Rainbow Fruit Salad
Fruited Spinach Salad
Five Fruit Salad
Healthy Salad Dressings
Zero Fat Salad Dressing
Healthy Fruit Salads


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