Mexican Spinach Salad

Crafty Lady 13's Note:

This is different and refreshing. I took it out of one of my cookbooks title Company's coming Greatest Hits: Mexican.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 (16 ounce) package spinach leaves
• 1 pink grapefruit , peeled and cut bite size
• 1 (19 ounce) can garbanzo beans , drained and rinsed (chick peas)
• 1 (7 inch) zucchini , with peel, cut matchstick size

Lime Dressing

• ¼ cup salad dressing (or mayonnaise)
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons pine nuts

Directions:

1. Tear spinach leaves or leave whole and place in large bowl. Add grapefruit, garbanzo beans and zucchini.
2. Lime Dressing: Mix salad dressing, lime juice and sugar in small bowl. Stir. Pour over salad. Toss gently to coat.
3. Add pine nuts. Toss.

Reviews

[Studentchef]

For ZWT 5 the Dining Daredevils. This is a really nice combination. I like the idea of having the grapefruit with the zucchini and chickpeas. I used a creamy salad dressing for this, which was low fat. Really good.

[*Parsley*]

A really interesting and tasty combination of flavors and textures! It makes a colorful presentation as well. I used my veggie peeler to make "ribbons" with the zucchini. I think oranges would work as well as grapefruit. Thanx or a great new salad!

[Feej]

I am trying to use up some grapefruit my mom sent & this is a very nice recipe. I don't think I would have thought of mixing these together on my own. I liked them together. I have had this a couple times this week for lunch. Thanks for sharing.