Lettuce Salad with Creamy Dressing and Cherry Tomatoes

Total time: 10 minutes
     This is a small side salad: to round out the meal.  You can add bits of anything you have on hand: like cherry tomatoes and a bit of cheese.

 Ingredients:

• lettuce, enough for two small salads, 115gr, 4oz
• 1/3 cup creamy herb dressing
• 1/4 cup shredded cheese - any flavor, 30gr, 1oz
• 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, 90gr, 3.2oz
• Creamy Herb Dressing
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt, 125gr, 4.4oz
• 1 tbs Dijon-style mustard, 15gr, .52oz
• 1 tbs lemon juice, 15gr, .52oz
• 1 tbs good olive oil, 13.5gr, .48oz
• 1 tsp snipped fresh chives
• 1 tsp snipped fresh basil
• 1 tsp snipped fresh oregano

 Instructions:

• Prepare lettuce and put into a medium bowl
• Add a bit of dressing and toss to coat (use tongs, it's easier).
• Taste and add more dressing if desired.
• Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
• Add cheese and tomatoes, give it another toss or two and serve.
• Creamy Herb Dressing
• Mix yogurt, mustard and lemon. 
• Slowly add olive oil, whisking constantly.
• Stir in herbs.

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Nutrition Information   Creamy Herb Dressing Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:   212 / 106 Total Carbohydrates:  8 / 4           Dietary Fiber:   .7 / .35 Total Fat:  18 / 7          Saturated Fat:  5 / 2.5 Cholesterol:  17 / 8.5 Protein:  5.5 / 2.75 Calcium: 168 / 84 Sodium:  235 / 117.5

Nutrition Information Complete Salad with Dressing Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:  253 / 126.5 Total Carbohydrates:  12 / 6           Dietary Fiber:  3 / 1.5 Total Fat:  18 / 9          Saturated Fat:  8 / 4 Cholesterol:  37 / 18.5 Protein:  13 / 6.5 Calcium:  371 / 185.5 Sodium:   212 / 106

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/