Thursday, January 9, 2014

{soups-salads-and-salad-dressings} Fresh Garden Vegetable Salad Recipe

 

Fresh Garden Vegetable Salad Recipe




When I got married, I wrote down all of my mother's favorite recipes, including this one. The refreshing salad is good in any season, but it's especially tasty made with homegrown vegetables. —Ramona Sailor of Buhl, Idaho


Healthy
Quick
Diabetic Exchange



TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. + chilling
MAKES: 6 servings


Ingredients

        6 medium tomatoes, quartered
         1 medium green pepper, julienned
        1 medium onion, sliced and separated into rings
         1/3 cup cider vinegar
        1/4 cup sugar
         1-1/2 teaspoons celery seed
         1-1/2 teaspoons prepared mustard
         1/2 teaspoon salt
         1 large cucumber, peeled and sliced

Directions

    In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, green pepper and onion. In a small saucepan, combine the vinegar, sugar, celery seed, mustard and salt; bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute.
    Pour over vegetables. Let stand until mixture comes to room temperature. Stir in the cucumber. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until chilled. Yield: 6 servings.


Nutritional Facts

One serving (3/4 cup) equals 84 calories, 1 g fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 226 mg sodium, 20 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 vegetable, 1/2 starch.


Originally published as Garden Vegetable Salad in Light & Tasty August/September 2003, p27






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