Sunday, 16 August 2009

Figs, Walnuts, and Spinach Salad - 32.22g Carbs, 6.55g Fiber, 21.81g Sugar

Figs, Walnuts, and Spinach Salad
{Suggestion: Consider using Agave nectar or your favorite suitable sweetener instead of honey. Take care, Gloria}
From: www.whfoods.org
If you are tired of that plain green salad for dinner you will enjoy the extra nutrition and pizzazz that the figs and walnuts add to this spinach salad. It will complement almost any meal. Enjoy!
Prep and Cook Time: 15 minutes
1/2 medium onion, sliced thin
2 Tbsp white wine or apple cider vinegar
1 cup hot water
5 oz baby spinach
2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/2 tsp honey
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Salt and cracked black pepper to taste
8 dried figs, sliced
2 Tbsp chopped walnuts

1. Slice onion and let sit for at least 5 minutes to enhance its health-promoting properties.
2. Marinate sliced onion in 2 Tbsp white wine or apple cider vinegar and hot water for 10 minutes while preparing rest of ingredients.
3. Rinse and dry baby spinach. If you have a salad spinner that is best, otherwise, dry with paper towels. This will avoid dressing getting diluted.
4. Whisk together balsamic vinegar, honey, salt and pepper, drizzling in the olive oil a little at a time at the end. Toss with rest of ingredients and serve.

Serves: 4
Nutrition per Serving:
Serving total weight: 105.92g 207.48 Calories, 89.11 Calories from Fat, 11.89 Calories from Saturated Fat, 2.69g Protein, 32.22g Carbs, 6.55g Dietary Fiber, 1.99g Soluble Fiber, 2.50g Insoluble Fiber, 21.81g Total Sugar, 20.33g Monosaccharides,
2.40g Disaccharides, 3.86g Other Carbs, 9.90g Total Fat, 1.32g Saturated Fat, 5.94g Mono Fat, 2.49g Poly Fat, 0g Trans Fatty Acids, 0mg Cholesterol

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