Tomato Pepper Eye-catching Salad

Tomato And Pepper Salad Ingredients:

1 ½ large yellow pepper, seeded and thinly sliced into rings
½ pound or about 1 ½ medium tomatoes
Watercress, optional
1/8 cup low fat or fat free Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
2 teaspoon fresh basil
½ teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon vinegar, white wine
½ tablespoon chives
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon Dijon style mustard, low fat
Dash of black pepper, freshly ground
Salt to taste

Method:

1. For team color tomato pepper salad: Cook yellow pepper rings in boiling water in a covered skillet for a minute or two or until the peppers are tender and crisp. Drain the water and let the peppers cool. Place the peppers in a small bowl and cover the bowl with a plastic wrap. Chill the peppers in the refrigerator for up to 1 to 24 hours. Pack tomatoes, pepper rings, herb Dijon vinaigrette (recipe follows below), cheese and watercress in separate containers (insulate coolers with ice picks) to tote. Cut tomatoes into wedges before serving. Place the tomato wedges and pepper rings on a platter and top them with cheese. Shake the dressing well to mix and drizzle it over the salad. You may garnish the salad with watercress if desired. This recipe makes 4 side dish servings.
2. For herb Dijon vinaigrette: Combine 1 tablespoon olive oil along with white vinegar, fresh snipped chives, fresh snipped basil, ground black pepper and Dijon style mustard in a screw top jar. Cover the jar and shake well so as all the ingredients mix completely. Chill in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Health Tip:

• Team colors tomato-pepper salad is a low calorie low fat and low carbohydrate recipe. This recipe provides about 115 calories, 7 gm fat, 3 gm proteins and 11 gm carbohydrates per serving. The calories and fats of this recipe will increase if you use full fat cream, cheese or mustard dressing instead of its low fat or fat free versions.
• This recipe is diabetes friendly and also safe for individuals on low sodium diet as it provides about 123 mg sodium per serving.
• Although watercress is optional in this recipe, it is recommended adding them for the numerous health benefits it offers.
• Team colors tomato-pepper salad is a quick and easy recipe and can be made in just 25 to 30 minutes. For convenience you may prepare the herb Dijon vinaigrette in advance and chill in the refrigerator.