Posted on March 15, 2018
Written by Meredith Hink MS, RD, CD
Yields: 4 servings
For those of us lucky enough to live in the “snow belt” winter can seem like a never ending season. Although soups and casseroles are easy comfort foods, nothing helps to beat the winter blues like a nice, crunchy salad. Celebrate the end of winter by combining these winter and spring fruits and vegetables.
Ingredients
- 4 cups mixed greens
- 1 granny smith apple
- 1-2 beets
- Chopped walnuts (garnish)
Dressing
- 1/3 cup grapefruit juice
- 2 Tbsp flax oil
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- ¼ tsp guar gum
- In a small bowl, combine grapefruit juice, flax oil, and brown sugar. Stir until well mixed. Add guar gum. Stir and allow to thicken 5 minutes. Makes approximately ½ cup dressing.
- Peel and thinly slice beets. If you want an extra bite, place the sliced beets in a bowl of vinegar water.
- Thinly slice apples.
- Place 1 cup of mixed greens on each plate. Top with beet slices, apple slices, grapefruit dressing and garnish with walnuts