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Romaine & Avocado Salad

This salad is a good healthy start for any meal. It is a quick-and-easy way to add flavor and nutrition to your meal all year round. And romaine lettuce is one of the few food sources for chromium with one serving providing 12% of your daily value for this hard-to-find mineral. Enjoy!

Prep and Cook Time: 10 minutes Ingredients: 1 large head romaine lettuce, outside leaves discarded 1 large tomato, chopped 1 small red bell pepper, julienned into 1 inch long pieces 1/2 small avocado, cut into chunks 2 TBS coarsely chopped walnuts (optional) Dressing 2 TBS lemon juice 2 tsp balsamic vinegar Extra virgin olive oil to taste Salt and cracked black pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Remove outer leaves of lettuce heads and discard. Cut off tops of leaves and discard as they are bitter.
2. Chop remaining inner leaves. Rinse in cold water, and if you have a salad spinner, spin lettuce to dry. If you don't have one, remove as much water as possible in a colander and then dry with paper towels. This will keep the flavor of the salad from getting diluted.
3. Whisk together lemon juice, vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper in a small bowl and toss with salad greens. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts if desired.

   Serves 4

Nutritional Profile

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Romaine and Avocado Salad 1.00 serving 168.75 grams 51.54 calories Nutrient Amount %DV Nutrient Density World's Healthiest Foods Rating vitamin C 68.51 mg 114.2 39.9 excellent vitamin A 3523.49 IU 70.5 24.6 excellent folate 125.87 mcg 31.5 11.0 excellent manganese 0.60 mg 30.0 10.5 excellent dietary fiber 3.58 g 14.3 5.0 very good potassium 458.14 mg 13.1 4.6 very good chromium 14.04 mcg 11.7 4.1 very good molybdenum 8.24 mcg 11.0 3.8 very good vitamin B1 (thiamin) 0.13 mg 8.7 3.0 good vitamin K 6.04 mcg 7.5 2.6 good iron 1.22 mg 6.8 2.4 good vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) 0.13 mg 6.5 2.3 good vitamin B2 (riboflavin) 0.11 mg 6.5 2.3 good tryptophan 0.02 g 6.3 2.2 good phosphorus 52.69 mg 5.3 1.8 good protein 2.36 g 4.7 1.6 good World's Healthiest Foods Rating Rule excellent DV>=75% OR Density>=7.6 AND DV>=10% very good DV>=50% OR Density>=3.4 AND DV>=5% good DV>=25% OR Density>=1.5 AND DV>=2.5%

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