This salad is a perfect pick when you have guests for dinner and have a lot of other dishes to prepare. You can make the dressing a day or two ahead if you like.

Ingredients

Dressing Ingredients

1 ½ cups frozen raspberries, thawed
2-4 tablespoons orange juice (depending on thickness desired), start with 2 tablespoons
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon orange zest
4 tablespoons chopped fresh chives

Salad ingredients

1 pound romaine lettuce, washed, dried, and torn into bite-sized pieces
1 pound radicchio, washed, dried, shredded
3 carrots, peeled and grated
1 cup mandarin oranges, drained, patted dry
20 cherry tomatoes, quartered

Directions

1. Assemble salad ingredients in salad bowl; toss.
2. Put all ingredients for the dressing in food processor or blender except 2 tablespoons chives, and process.
3. After all is processed, stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons chopped chives.
4. Pour over salad just before serving and toss.

Nutrition information

Each serving of 1/8 of salad + 1/8 of dressing contains:

Calories: 107
Fat: 0.5 g
Saturated Fat: 0.1 g
Protein: 3 g
Carbohydrates: 25 g
Fiber: 5.4 g
Sodium: 37 mg

Source: Recipe developed and copyrighted by Kristine Napier, MPH, RD, LD. Reprinted with permission from Nutrio.com