Winter Salad

Salad can be boring.

Yeah, I said it. Do you disagree?

This salad that I adapted from Williams Sonoma Bride and Groom Cookbook is NOT boring. It's delicious. I made the "full fat" version for New Years Eve (hey, I indulge occasionally!), but this week for lunches for my husband and I, I opted to make a lower fat, more figure friendly version. You know, the type of recipe that will help you look the way you want to look on the beach...let's say in a month...in Aruba? Oh wait...that's what I was thinking. I digress....

This salad includes sliced Belgian Endives, Spring mix lettuce (typically includes Radicchio, Baby Spinach, other Baby greens, and Arugala), pecans, fuji apples, and a light Roquefort dressing that pairs quite nicely with the mixed greens. But, I will say...Roqeufort can be a "smelly" cheese. If your opposed to this, you could go with a milder blue, like Danish Blue.

The what's in it:

1. 2 cups of spring mix salad blend
2. 2 Belgian Endives, outer, wilted leaves removed; sliced.
3. 1/4 cup of shelled pecans
4. 2 fuji apples, chopped into bite sized pieces.
5. 2 ounces Roquefort cheese
6. 6 tbsp fat free half and half
7. 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
8. Kosher salt and pepper

The how to:

In a small bowl, whisk the half and half and cider vinegar together.

Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste

Crumble in the cheese. Whisk a little bit.

In a salad bowl, combine the first four ingredients (endive, greens, pecans, apples).

When ready to serve, drizzle the dressing over the salad mix.

This will serve 4 appetizer portions, or 2 for lunch.

The facts:

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 salad

Amount per Serving

Calories 173

Calories from Fat 88

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 9.8g

15%

Saturated Fat 3.3g

16%

Cholesterol 15.0mg

5%

Sodium

17%

Total Carbohydrate 16.5g

5%

Dietary Fiber 3.4g

13%

Sugars 10.1g

Protein 5.4g

10%