Citrus Salad
(Serves 5)
Ingredients:
1 grapefruit, peeled
1 orange, peeled
1 1/2 quarts of greens (12 ounces)
1 red onion, sliced thin (1 1/4 cups)
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 tablespoon water
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon salt (optional)
Directions:
1. Cut fruit in bite-size pieces. Toss with lettuce and onion.
2. Mix remaining ingredients for dressing. Drizzle over salad and toss just before serving.
Nutrition:
Each Serving – about 1 1/2 cups
Carb Servings* – 1
Exchanges* – 1 fruit, 1 vegetable, 1/2 fat
Nutrient Analysis:
calories 96
total fat 3g
saturated fat 0g
cholesterol 0mg
sodium 9mg
total carbohydrate 15g
dietary fiber 6g
sugars 10g
protein 3g
*Half of the grams of fiber have been subtracted from the grams of total carbohydrate when figuring Carb Servings and Exchanges.
Recipe & photo courtesy of the Quick & Healthy Volume II, 2nd Edition, © 2009 Brenda J. Ponichtera, R.D, – www.quickandeasy.net, Small Steps Press.
What a great summer salad. Yum yum
I love salad and I love citrus! This looks amazingly good! I bet the red onion makes it really good. Thanks for sharing this healthy recipe!
Citrus salad? Oh, I never tried it before. It looks yummy and easy to make! Definitely I will try it soon!
Thanks for sharing it! Awesome!!!
This sounds so nice and refreshing. Gotta try it.
I just love salads. I could eat them for all my meals. This one looks so good. Will be trying this. Thanks!
This is just screaming eat me! It looks so fresh and delicious!
This salad looks great! I love having a salad with non-traditional items.
I love salad and citrus so looks great. Not only is it healthy for you but it is very easy to make. Thank you for the recipe.
What a delicious and low cal salad! Definitely going to use this at summer bbq’s, thanks for sharing!
I love all kinds of salads! Instead of dressings I use fruits to give them a wonderful flavor without the fat =D
This sounds so refreshing. I might add a little lemongrass
Wow, this looks like it would taste interesting, thanks for the recipe, think i might try it this weekend.
I love citrus salads! I’d have to use something other than grapefruit for mine, though. Thanks for the recipe!
I love fruit. This looks good.
I absolutely love fruit and I love salad so this is gonna be an awesome combination. Thanks for the recipe!!!
Wow, I just want to reach through the computer and take a bite of this. My family would LOVE this! With summer coming, I am trying to be more health conscious and shed these winter pounds. I have always found that salads and fruits are the best way to go. I will be trying this and making a bunch of it! Thank you for sharing the recipe!!
Two of my favorite things together – salad and fruit. I am a big fan of both of them. This looks so light and refreshing and would be great for a side salad.
This salad sounds amazing and delicious.I cant wait to try it.It is so perfect for summer too.
So refreshing! I just love this type of meal in the summer when it is so very hot and I don’t have much of an appetite! Thanks.
I don’t think that is a creation I would have come up with but it looks good!
This posting is old but I just found it . I love fruit and salads and this looks so light and refreshing I could eat one of these right now . thanks for the recipe.
this sounds so delicious, I would love to have it right now! I’m swooning!!! yum yum yum great combination of ingredients!