Portabella and Blue Cheese Salad
Recipe: #4987
March 23, 2012
"Adapted from MayoClinic. Very tasty, elegant, low calorie and healthy salad. Just beware...it is tart (You may try adding a couple of Splenda packets or honey to the dressing). It looks like a lot once mounded on the plates but is very low calorie!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (358.7 g)
- Calories 116.2
- Total Fat - 2.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 1 g
- Cholesterol - 4 mg
- Sodium - 715.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 17.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.9 g
- Sugars - 6.1 g
- Protein - 6.7 g
- Calcium - 191.6 mg
- Iron - 3.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 19.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Spray a large non-stick skillet with oil. Heat over medium heat.
Step 2
Add the Mushrooms, onion, garlic and asparagus and saute until tender, 4-6 minutes
Step 3
Add wine or lemon juice and cook until evaporates completely, about 1 minute.
Step 4
In a small bowl whisk together the blue cheese, vinegar, water, salt and black pepper, to taste (I use a lot of pepper). Add sweetener to taste, if desired.
Step 5
Divide 3 cups lettuce between 2-4 plates.
Step 6
Top each with 1/4-1/2 the vegetable saute, 1/2-1 roasted red pepper, 1/4-1/2 of the whisked dressing and 1/8-1/4 cup of croutons.
Step 7
Serve Immediately.
Tips
No special items needed.