Creamy Summer Salad

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 1
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 217.3
  • Total Fat: 2.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 6.0 mg
  • Sodium: 802.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 32.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 7.1 g
  • Protein: 19.2 g

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Introduction

Fresh dill, lemon and garlic combine to give this chilled cucumber salad it's bright and refreshing taste. Low fat (or nonfat) greek yogurt makes it creamy and adds protein for energy, without adding too much fat. Fresh dill, lemon and garlic combine to give this chilled cucumber salad it's bright and refreshing taste. Low fat (or nonfat) greek yogurt makes it creamy and adds protein for energy, without adding too much fat.
Number of Servings: 1

Ingredients

    1 1/2-2 Large cucs, peeled and thinly sliced
    a handful each of radishes and baby carrots, washed and thinly sliced (~1/2 c)
    1 cup celery washed and sliced thin
    Juice of one large lemon
    1 bunch of dill coarsely chopped
    3 tsp (or 3 cloves) minced garlic
    2/3 c 2% lowfat plain Greek yogurt (or sub nonfat)
    2 pinches course sea salt
    pepper to taste

Tips

Allowing this salad to chill for 10+ minutes in the fridge will really bring out the flavors.


Directions

Wash and thinly slice vegetables.
Rinse and coarsely chop dill.
Roll lemon on counter, pressing to release juices. Halve the lemon and use a lemon reamer to get as much juice as possible from lemon. Remove seeds.
Combine all ingredients in large serving bowl. Toss well to mix ingredients and coat vegetables.Cover and refrigerate 10 min before indulging to allow flavors to come mix.

Serving Size: makes 3 1-cup servings

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MRSFLESCHER.