Nutty Arugula & Strawberry Salad

Kicking of second week of Valli’s Blogging Marathon with this super salad

The key to a green salad is FRESH greens – cannot emphasize that enough J

This is a salad that can be thrown together in a matter of minutes (much like any greens based salad) – Tastes delicious and even my salad-hater daughter has been converted to a fan – Salad is a food that needs to be exciting, with at least 2 things you can see in it that say, Hey, I could eat this salad for that ingredient - Or at least that is the philosophy that I subscribe to, not having been a much of a salad person either – give it to me cooked any day, I said until I learned to make a mean salad which was at once healthy and pleasurable – So try this one

Prep time: 10 minutes or less

For a single portion for Salad

2 cups FRESH Arugula (wash & spin dry or dab with paper towel)

2 strawberries diced from top to bottom

1tbsp walnut – crushed

1tsp peanuts (optional)

Grated Parmesan garnish (optional)

Here is a wonderful 10- minute recipe for a no or very, very, low fat dressing

Again this for a single portion of dressing

2tbsp Low fat yogurt

2tsp agave nectar

1/2tsp garlic flakes

Fresh ground pepper (pepper mill)

Whip these together and drizzle over salad

Ta-dah – gourmet salad good to gorge on 

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