Healthy Recipes

Green Leaf Salad With Bleu Cheese Dressing

Ingredients:

6 cups torn green leaf lettuce
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1  small red onion, sliced thin rings
1/2 cup white mushrooms, well cleaned, and thinly sliced
1/4 cup low-fat yogurt
1/4 cup low-fat cottage cheese
4 Tbs low-fat buttermilk
2 Tbs bleu cheese
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
Mint sprigs, for garnish

Recipe for Green Leaf Salad With Bleu Cheese Dressing:

Combine the lettuce, tomatoes, onion, and mushrooms in a large bowl. Mound the mixture on individual plates. In a medium bowl, combine the yogurt, cottage cheese, buttermilk, and bleu cheese and mix by hand until smooth. Add the pepper. Drizzle the dressing over each salad. Garnish with mint and serve.
This recipe yields 6 servings. Serving size: 1 cup lettuce, 1/2 cup vegetables, 1 tablespoon dressing. Exchanges Per Serving: 1 Vegetable, 1/2 Saturated Fat.

Enjoy the healthy recipe of Green Leaf Salad With Bleu Cheese Dressing.

Serves 6

Nutrition Facts
Nutrition (per serving): 55.0 calories; 20% calories from fat; 1.0g total fat; 3.0mg cholesterol; 96.0mg sodium; 8.0g carbohydrates; 2.0g fiber; 4.0g protein.

Healthy Recipe Source
Source: American Diabetes Association