Summer basil salad

6 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupSweet rice vinegar
3teaspoonsSugar (or sugar substitute)
2teaspoonsDijon mustard
teaspoonSalt (optional)
½cupChopped green onions
½cupChopped green, yellow or red
Sweet peppers
½cupLightly steamed and cooled
Green beans or asparagus
½cupChopped carrot
2Cloves minced garlic
teaspoonOlive oil
Pepper to taste
½cupChopped zuchini
¾cupGolden raisins (do not
Substitute
½cupOr more finely chopped fresh
Basil
½cupChopped fresh parsley

Directions

DRESSING

SALAD FIXIN'S

Carbs:Use any of the following, depending on how "McDougall-correct" (I've been learning a lot from you Barbara Z!) you want to be.

16 ounces dry fusilli (or any pasta, whole wheat is fine) boiled 1 cup dry brown rice, cooked (don't know how much it makes cooked) combined with: 1 cup dry couscous (soak for 20 minutes in 1⅓ cups boiling water) -or, combine with any other grains such as quinoa, barley, or whatever you like ~I think this would also be delicious and nutritious if beans (white, garbanzos, black) were added to the pasta or grains-use your imagination and let me know how it goes! From: mingram@... (Judy Mingram - SunSelect) Fatfree Digest [Volume 9 Issue 8] June 30, 1994 Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34, TXFT40A@... using MMCONV