25 May Salad Parfait
Salad Parfait
By: Toby Amidor
Nutrition Information
- Serves: 4
- Serving size: 1 cup
- Calories: 168
- Fat: 14 grams
- Trans fat: 0 grams
- Carbohydrates: 9 grams
- Sugar: 4 grams
- Sodium: 166 milligrams
- Fiber: 2 grams
- Protein: 4 grams
- Cholesterol: 0 milligrams
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Recipes from THE GREEK YOGURT KITCHEN by Toby Amidor. Copyright © 2014 by Toby Amidor. Used with permission by Grand Central Publishing. All rights reserved.
Ingredients
- ½ cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon mustard powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 plum tomatoes
- 2 Kirby or Persian cucumbers
- ¼ head romaine lettuce
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 2 medium carrots
Instructions
- Put the yogurt in a medium bowl, add the basil and parsley, and stir to combine.
- Set aside.
- Mince the garlic.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the garlic, vinegar, mustard powder, salt, and black pepper.
- While whisking, slowly drizzle in the olive oil until emulsified.
- Cut the tomatoes and cucumbers into ¼-inch dice; you should have about 1 cup of each.
- Shred the romaine.
- Cut the yellow bell pepper in half, discard the seeds, and cut into ¼-inch dice.
- Peel and grate the carrots.
- To assemble the parfaits, layer the bottom of each of four parfait glasses with ¼ cup diced tomatoes, followed by ¼ cup diced cucumbers and ½ cup shredded lettuce.
- Gently press down with the back of a spoon to pack the ingredients.
- Top with 2 tablespoons of the yogurt mixture, ¼ cup of the diced yellow pepper, and then ¼ cup of the shredded carrots.
- Drizzle with 1½ tablespoons of the vinaigrette.
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