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Menu title: 5 A Day



5 A Day: Eat 5 to 9 Fruits and Vegetables

Recipes
Salad

Cherry and Smoked Turkey Salad


Makes 4 servings, each serving equals two 5 A Day servings
Source: Northwest Cherry Growers

Ingredients

12 ounces smoked lean turkey, sliced
2 cups Northwest fresh sweet cherries, pitted
1 mango,* pared and sliced
1 kiwi fruit, sliced
Napa cabbage, shredded
Spicy Dressing
 

Arrange turkey, cherries, mango and kiwi fruit on shredded Napa cabbage. Drizzle Spicy Dressing over salad.

Spicy Dressing: Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil and 1 clove crushed garlic until hot but not smoking; cool and remove garlic. Add 2 tablespoons balsamic or red wine vinegar and 1 tablespoon each honey and hot dry mustard** and 1/2 teaspoon each ground ginger and salt; mix well. Makes about 1/3 cup.

*One large nectarine may be substituted for mango.
**One tablespoon of your favorite mustard may be substituted.
 

Nutritional analysis per serving: Calories 282, Fat 7g, Calories from Fat 20%, Carbohydrate 42g, Cholesterol 49mg, Fiber 4g, Sodium 668mg.


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