Summer Basil Salad
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Salads
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        ***DRESSING***
     1/2           cup  sweet rice vinegar
  3          teaspoons  sugar -- (or sugar
                        -- substitute)
  2          teaspoons  dijon mustard
  1 1/2      teaspoons  salt -- (optional)
  2             cloves  minced garlic
  1 1/2      teaspoons  olive oil
                        pepper to taste
                        ***SALAD FIXIN'S***
     1/2           cup  chopped green onions
     1/2           cup  chopped green -- yellow or red
                        sweet peppers
     1/2           cup  lightly steamed and cooled
                        green beans or asparagus
     1/2           cup  chopped carrot
     1/2           cup  chopped zuchini
     3/4           cup  golden raisins -- (do not
                        substitute
     1/2           cup  or more finely chopped fresh
                        basil
     1/2           cup  chopped fresh parsley
 

Preparation:

Carbs:Use any of the following, depending on how "McDougall-correct" (I've been learning a lot from you Barbara Z!) you want to be. 16 ounces dry fusilli (or any pasta, whole wheat is fine) boiled 1 cup dry brown rice, cooked (don't know how much it makes cooked) combined with: 1 cup dry couscous (soak for 20 minutes in 1 1/3 cups boiling water) - -or, combine with any other grains such as quinoa, barley, or whatever you like ~I think this would also be delicious and nutritious if beans (white, garbanzos, black) were added to the pasta or grains-use your imagination and let me know how it g

 

Nutritional Information:

92 Calories (kcal); 1g Total Fat; (12% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 21g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 564mg Sodium