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Mixed-Berry Salad
Recipe Tip
Berrylicious
Berries are fiber giants. Just 1 cup of blackberries or raspberries gives you a whopping 8 grams of fiber--one-third of your daily fiber needs.
  3 ratings : 1 review

Mixed-Berry Salad

Want a cool and refreshing summer salad? Think berries! From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:10 min
Start to Finish:10 min
makes:5 servings

Salad
1cup fresh blueberries
1cup fresh raspberries
1/2cup fresh strawberries, cut in half
Dressing
1/4cup sour cream
1 1/2teaspoons honey
1 1/2teaspoons orange juice
1.In large bowl, toss raspberries, blueberries and strawberries.
2.In small bowl, mix all dressing ingredients until smooth. Serve fruit with dressing.

Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 70 (Calories from Fat 25); Total Fat 2 1/2g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 5mg; Total Carbohydrate 11g (Dietary Fiber 3g, Sugars 7g); Protein 0% Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 30%; Calcium 2%; Iron 0Exchanges: 1 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 MyPyramid Servings: 1/2 c Fruits 
*% Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
MyPyramid Servings 1/2 c Fruits

 
 
 
1 Review

 

A mouthful of flavor!
The dressing tasted amazing! My wife could not believe the flavor from just three ingredients. Put it together with the berries and it was a terrific addition to our meal. I added some baby spinach to the mix and that also went well.
Posted at 10:37 AM on December 5 2007 by gettin better , Middleburg FL