Recipe: Arugula Salad with Garlic Tomato Vinaigrette

If you like Italian, then you’ll love this simple yet elegant salad!


Food weight: 1.5

Ingredients
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: ¼ salad recipe plus ~ ¼ cup dressing)

Dressing:
•Two fresh basil leaves, shredded
•2 tablespoons chopped garlic
•4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
•4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
•1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
•Juice from a fresh lemon
•¼ teaspoons salt
•¼ teaspoon pepper
•3 plum tomatoes, chopped into small pieces

For the dressing: In a bowl, combine all dressing ingredients (except tomatoes) and whisk until blended. Add tomatoes and blend with vinaigrette. Chill dressing until serving salad.

Salad:

Yield: 4 servings
•3 cups arugula
•1 small head of radicchio, chopped into bite size pieces
•1 Belgian endive, end cut off and leaves separated

DirectionsFor the salad: Place greens in salad bowl and toss. Add desired amount of salad dressing and serve.

Nutritional Information (¼ of the salad greens with ~ ¼ cup dressing):

Food weight: 1.5, Calories: 145, Fat: 10 g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Sodium: 149 mg, Carbohydrate: 11 g, Dietary Fiber: 4 g, Sugars: 4 g, Protein: 2 g