Elegant Spring Salad Recipe

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Dried cranberries and grapes add fruity flavor to this lovely six-ingredient salad. —Danelle Montevago, Hanover, Maryland

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Elegant Spring Salad Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

2 packages (5 ounces each) spring mix salad greens
3 cups green grapes, halved
1-1/2 cups dried cranberries
1-1/2 cups pistachios, roasted and salted
1-1/4 cups (5 ounces) crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
2/3 cup reduced-fat raspberry walnut vinaigrette

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the salad greens, grapes, cranberries, pistachios and cheese. Add vinaigrette; toss to coat. Yield: 12 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1-1/3 cups equals 273 calories, 18 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 341 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 7 g protein.

Originally published as Elegant Spring Salad in Simple & Delicious April/May 2012, p48

Gorgonzola

An Italian cheese from the blue cheese family that is cream-yellow in color with characteristic blue veins. Like blue cheese, it has a bold flavor and crumbles easily, making it a good addition to salads and sauces.