Spinach Salad
Total time: 15 minutes
A heart-healthy salad, that's also good for the eyes (spinach: lutein) and the bones (spinach, almonds and cheese: calcium). Plus it's delicious! What more can we ask for?
Ingredients:
- fresh spinach, enough for 2, 170gr, 6oz
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds, 30gr, 1oz
- 3 tbs shredded cheese, 22.5gr, .8oz
- 1/8 tsp salt - sea salt if you have it .75gr, .02oz
- Vinaigrette
- 2 tsp lemon juice, 10gr, .35oz
- 2 tsp Dijon-style mustard, 10gr, .35oz
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tbs good olive oil, 27gr, .96oz
Instructions:
- Wash spinach if necessary, tear and put into a salad bowl.
- Add almonds and salt to spinach and toss to combine.
- Add half of the vinaigrette and toss to coat.
- Taste and add more as needed.
- Sprinkle with cheese.
- Serve, remaining vinaigrette on the side.
- Vinaigrette
- Put all remaining ingredients except olive oil in small bowl and whisk to combine.
- Slowly drizzle in olive oil, whisking constantly.
- This will keep about a week and can be used as a base for other vinaigrettes.
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Nutrition Information
Recipe serves 2
Entire Recipe / per serving
Calories: 551 / 275.5
Total Carbohydrates: 20 / 10
Dietary Fiber: 7 / 3.5
Total Fat: 46 / 23
Saturated Fat: 7 / 3.5
Cholesterol: 21 / 10.5
Protein: 18 / 9
Calcium: 418 / 209
Sodium: 581 / 290.5
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/
