Italian Crouton Salad
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Italian Crouton Salad
YIELD Makes 6 servings
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INGREDIENTS
| 6 | ounces French or Italian bread |
| 1/4 | cup plain nonfat yogurt |
| 1/4 | cup red wine vinegar |
| 4 | teaspoons olive oil |
| 1 | tablespoon water |
| 3 | cloves garlic, minced |
| 6 | medium (about 12 ounces) plum tomatoes |
| 1/2 | medium red onion, thinly sliced |
| 3 | tablespoons slivered fresh basil leaves |
| 2 | tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley |
| 12 | leaves red leaf lettuce or 4 cups prepared Italian salad mix |
| 2 | tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese |
PREPARATION:
- Preheat broiler. To prepare croutons, cut bread into 3/4-inch cubes. Place in single layer on baking sheet. Broil, 4 inches from heat, 3 minutes or until bread is golden, stirring every 30 seconds to 1 minute. Remove from baking sheet; place in large bowl.
- Whisk together yogurt, vinegar, oil, water and garlic in small bowl until blended; set aside. Core tomatoes; cut into 1/4-inch-wide slices. Add to croutons along with onion, basil and parsley; stir until blended. Pour yogurt mixture over crouton mixture; toss to coat. Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes or up to 1 day. (Croutons will be more tender the following day.)
- To serve, place lettuce on plates. Spoon crouton mixture over lettuce. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
This recipe appears in:
Italian
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:
| Serving Size: | about 1 cup salad plus 1/3 cup crouton mixture with 1 teaspoon cheese |
| Sodium | 234 mg |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Fiber | 2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 25 g |
| Cholesterol | 2 mg |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Total Fat | 5 g |
| Calories from Fat | 28 % |
| Calories | 160 |
DIETARY EXCHANGE:
| Fat | 1 |
| Vegetable | 1-1/2 |
| Starch | 1 |
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