When it’s Vegas hot, there’s only one thing to do. Barbeque and make a salad. Mix any combination of seasonal fruit and cheese that you like on a salad. When pears are at their best, I use them in place of the peaches. Generally, we like a sweeter dressing with the fruit. Here’s another summer favorite.
Course
Salad
Cuisine
American
Keyword
Peach
Ingredients
8cupsbaby Greens 0 CHO
2medium Peaches(245 gr before skinned and pitted/ 233 gr after) 19 CHO
¼cup(30 gr) Pine nuts, toasted 1 CHO
Peach/Apricot flavored cheese(Wensleydale and Apricots 4 CHO/30 gr) 4 CHO
TOTAL CHO 20 CHO
Dressing:
2TBSPTropicana Original Orange juice 3.3 CHO
2TBSPOlive Oil 0 CHO
½TBSPRaspberry Vinegar 0 CHO
Sprinkle of salt and pepper 0 CHO
TOTAL DRESSING CHO 3.3 CHO
TOTAL WEIGHT 58 GRAMS
3.3CHO DIVIDED BY 58 GRAMS = .056 CHO/GRAM
TBSP= 15 GRAMS(.056 CHO x 15 GRAMS) .84 CHO/TBSP
TOTAL CHO SALAD AND DRESSING 23.3 CHO
DIVIDED INTO 4 PORTIONS 5.84 CHO EACH
Instructions
Toast pine nuts in a small frying pan over medium heat until golden. Shake the pan often. Remove to small dish until ready to serve salad.
Just prior to serving the salad cut peaches in quarters following the pit around. Remove each quarter and the skin. Sometimes the skin will peel away and other times you may have to cut it off with a paring knife. Cut each quarter in half.
Most salads can be made family style or individually. Place baby greens on serving dish, drizzle dressing and toss. Top with peaches, pine nuts and crumbled cheese.