Thursday, April 23, 2009

Clean Eating Recipe of the Week- Strawberry & Mozzarella Salad


It's strawberry season here in CA so I thought I'd show them off in a clean, healthy way. When it starts to warm up salad is my number one favorite food. Light, crispy and delicious!

Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar or red wine vinegar
1/4 tsp. sea salt
1/4 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
1 heart of romaine cut into bite-size pieces, about 3 cups loosely packed
1- 8 oz. container of strawberries, hulled and sliced
3 oz. part-skim mozzarella cheese, diced (about 3/4 cup)
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, cut into ribbons

Instructions:

1. In a small bowl whisk together oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Place lettuce in a large bowl and toss with half of the dressing. Place lettuce on 4 salad plates.

2. Toss strawberries with remaining dressing and place 1/4 of berries on top of each mound of lettuce. Top each with cheese and then sprinkle with basil.

3. Eat up!

Courtesy of Ellie Krieger and Clean Eating Magazine

Click HERE for a printable version.

Nicole

6 comments:

LizNoVeggieGirl said...

Holy yum freshness!!

Christina said...

*Yum!*

Kristen's Raw said...

I LOVE strawberries. Yesterday I bought my first batch from the farmer's market (local and organic) and I couldn't believe the taste difference compared to what I used to buy at Whole Foods. Knowing that they were pretty much just picked before I bought them made my heart soar.

Cheers,
Kristen

Lizzie M. said...

That sounds yummy! I'll have to try that this week!!!

peter said...

Sounds and looks fabulous!

Ingrid said...

I think most everyone loves strawberries, I sure do, and strawberries in salad is so very special and delish.

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