RESOLUTION WEEK - TURKEY SALAD WITH TARRAGON VINAIGRETTE

Holidays over - Resolution diet in! Good Luck to All!

I really like the tight leaves of Belgian endive but if you prefer the lighter greens from heads of romaine lettuce, they are great too. You can also substitute chicken breasts for the turkey. Helpful diet hint: Rotisserie chicken or turkey breasts pack a lot of calories as they are constantly basted with butter and oil. So buy boneless breasts and fry in a pan with cooking spray.

Salad:

2 cups diced turkey

1 cup thinly sliced celery hearts

1/3 cups non-salted toasted almonds

1 Fuji or Honeycrisp apple (sweet apple) cut into 1/2 inch cubes

2 oz crumbled blue cheese

1 Belgian endive leaves separated and cleaned

In a large bowl toss all ingredients except lettuce and blue cheese and sprinkle blue cheese on top. Reserve the lettuce leaves.

Vinaigrette:

2 tsp chopped fresh tarragon

2 tsp grainy Dijon mustard

2 tbl tarragon vinegar

6 tbl extra virgin olive oil

salt

pepper

Whisk together all ingredients and taste to adjust seasoning. Pour over turkey mixture and toss well. Serve with lettuce leaves on the side. Fill the leaves with the salad and dive in!!!!

For a less calorie salad, limit the blue cheese and oil.

Get a good start!

ENJOY!