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Recipe: Blue cheese, walnut spinach salad
By Mayo Clinic staffOriginal Article: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/blue-cheese-spinach-salad/RE12360
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Dietitian's tip: This is a gluten-free recipe.
By Mayo Clinic staff
Serves 12
Ingredients
- 4 teaspoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3 teaspoons plain low-fat yogurt
- 2 pounds spinach, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup sliced red onion
- 1 1/2 cups sliced cucumbers
- 1 1/2 cups grape tomatoes
- 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles
Dressing
Directions
Combine ingredients for dressing in a blender or processor. Chill.
Toss spinach greens with dressing and mound a generous 1 cup onto chilled plates.
Layer vegetables, walnuts and blue cheese crumbles on top of spinach.
Serve.
Nutritional analysis per serving
| Serving size: About 2 cups | |||
| Calories | 80 | Sodium | 100 mg |
| Total fat | 4 g | Total carbohydrate | 7 g |
| Saturated fat | 1 g | Dietary fiber | 2 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g | Sugars | 1 g |
| Monounsaturated fat | 2 g | Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 2 mg | ||
Source: Created by the chefs at Mayo Clinic's Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center.
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