California-Style Pistachio Salad

This salad goes well with any meal, from casual to elegant. Serve family-style for a quick side dish, or plated individually. It is dressed to impress.

Ingredients

Dressing:
1 clove Garlic, minced
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon Balsamic vinegar
6 tablespoons Orange juice (one orange, freshly squeezed)

Salad:
3 cups Mixed baby greens (watercress, arugula, frissee, radicchio, curly endive and edible flowers)
1 Tart apple, quartered and sliced
1/2 cup Blue cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup Shelled California pistachios

Directions

Mix first four ingredients with wire whisk. Let set to mellow flavors. Wash and dry greens; divide equally among four salad plates. Divide apple, blue cheese and pistachios over salad. Drizzle salad dressing over each.

Alternative: Toss salad ingredients together with dressing.

Makes 4 servings.

Nutritional Analysis Amount per Serving
Calories 200
Total Fat (g) 13
Saturated Fat (g) 4
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 5
Cholesterol (mg) 15
Sodium (mg) 310
Potassium (mg) 400
Total Carbohydrate (g) 15
Dietary Fiber (g) 3
Protein (g) 8

% Daily Value
Vitamin A 15
Vitamin C 30
Calcium 15
Iron 6
Vitamin E 6
Thiamin 15
Vitamin B-6 20
Folate 15
Phosphorus 15
Magnesium 10
Zinc 6
Copper 15
Selenium 6
Manganese 15