Summer Salad
Ingredients
Salad:
- 8 cups baby Greens 0 CHO
- 32 (180 gr) Blackberries 8 CHO
- Slivers of Red onion 0 CHO
TOTAL CHO 8 CHO
Dressing:
- 2 TBSP White Balsamic vinegar (2 CHO/TBSP) 4 CHO
- 2 TBSP fresh Meyer lemon juice/orange juice/prepared orange juice/
- Fresh squeezed orange juice/ or Tropicana Original (2 TBSP/28 gr/30 ml) 3 CHO
- 2 TBSP olive oil 0 CHO
- ½ tsp. Dijon mustard 0 CHO
- Salt and pepper to taste 0 CHO
TOTAL CHO FOR DRESSING 7 CHO
- TOTAL WEIGHT 80 GRAMS
- TOTAL VOLUME 1/3 CUP/5.33 TBSP
- 7 CHO DIVIDED BY 80 GRAMS = .087 CHO/GRAM
- 1 TBSP = 15 GRAMS (.087 CHO x 15 GRAMS) 1.30 CHO/TBSP
TOTAL CHO PER INDIVIDUAL SALAD 3.30 CHO
Instructions
Mix salad dressing and set aside. (Some in the family prefer with the mustard and some without).
Set out 4 individual salad plates and place 2 cups baby greens along with 8 (45 gr/2 CHO) Blackberries. Sprinkle a few slivers of red onion on each plate.
Drizzle with 1 TBSP dressing or by the gram. Feel free to make more dressing if you like. Equal parts of the oil, juice and balsamic make it easy to do.