Hawaiian Spinach Salad Recipe
Toss together fresh spinach, veggies, pineapple and ham for this light, lovely main-dish salad. —Anita Ashe, Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia
Healthy
Quick
Diabetic Exchange
TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 25 min.
MAKES: 4 servings
Ingredients
4 cups fresh baby spinach
2 cups grape tomatoes
2/3 cup seeded chopped cucumber
1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
8 slices red onion, halved
1 can (20 ounces) unsweetened pineapple chunks, drained
8 ounces sliced deli ham, julienned
1/3 cup fat-free poppy seed salad dressing
Directions
Divide spinach among four plates. Top with tomatoes, cucumber, mushrooms and onion. Arrange pineapple and ham over salad. Drizzle with dressing. Yield: 4 servings.
Nutritional Facts
2 cups equals 184 calories, 2 g fat (trace saturated fat), 29 mg cholesterol, 615 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 13 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 2 vegetable, 1/2 starch, 1/2 fruit.
Originally published as Hawaiian Spinach Salad in Healthy Cooking June/July 2011, p40
Toss together fresh spinach, veggies, pineapple and ham for this light, lovely main-dish salad. —Anita Ashe, Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia
Healthy
Quick
Diabetic Exchange
TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 25 min.
MAKES: 4 servings
Ingredients
4 cups fresh baby spinach
2 cups grape tomatoes
2/3 cup seeded chopped cucumber
1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
8 slices red onion, halved
1 can (20 ounces) unsweetened pineapple chunks, drained
8 ounces sliced deli ham, julienned
1/3 cup fat-free poppy seed salad dressing
Directions
Divide spinach among four plates. Top with tomatoes, cucumber, mushrooms and onion. Arrange pineapple and ham over salad. Drizzle with dressing. Yield: 4 servings.
Nutritional Facts
2 cups equals 184 calories, 2 g fat (trace saturated fat), 29 mg cholesterol, 615 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 13 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 2 vegetable, 1/2 starch, 1/2 fruit.
Originally published as Hawaiian Spinach Salad in Healthy Cooking June/July 2011, p40
