Bok Choy Salad with Homemade Creamy Vinaigrette ♥

Today's salad recipe: Chopped bok choy stalks and greens tossed in a light creamy vinaigrette with fruit, cheese, vegetables and nuts of choice. Low carb. Weight Watchers 1 point.

Yum. Yuuuuum. Bok choy is the current salad obsession. It's got great crunch and a slight bite, a poor man's arugula. For a quick salad at lunch or a supper salad, I add whatever is on hand, some times veering toward more vegetables but more often to salad like the photograph with fruit (tangerine sections are great), a crumbly cheese (a fresh cheese like goat cheese or a good blue) and toasted walnuts. It's filling, it's satisfying. It makes for a great salad to share, even a supper salad.

NUTRITION NOTES For years and years, I've really had only one one favorite salad dressing recipe. Now I have two: this homemade creamy vinaigrette is it! Yes, it's made with cream. But for four servings, the dressing contributes only 18 calories, that's only one Weight Watchers points. For one serving, a substantial supper salad, the dressing contributes 72 calories, in Weight Watchers points, that means 1 point.

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RECIPES from the ARCHIVES
~ more bok choy recipes ~
~ more green salad recipes ~
~ more salad suppers ~
~ more salad dressing recipes ~

~ one year ago this week, fennel mashed potatoes, made with russet potatoes and fennel ~
~ two years ago today, carrot pudding made from carrot juice, "smooth and creamy as good chocolate but orange and dreamy like ... carrot" ~

BOK CHOY SALAD with CREAMY VINAIGRETTE

Hands-on time: varies with ingredients
Time to table: varies with ingredients
Serves 4 with generous side salads

BOK CHOY SALAD
Bok choy, trimmed, chopped - 8 ounces

Fresh goat cheese - 1 ounce
Toasted walnuts - 1 ounce
Fresh fruit - 1/2 apple, a tangerine, etc.
Chopped green onion - 3 or 4

CREAMY VINAIGRETTE
2 tablespoons cream, whisked until pillowy (this takes a minute or two, it's also easier starting with more cream but since the dressing doesn't keep well, make only enough for the current meal)
1 tablespoon rice vinegar (or lemon juice or another vinegar)
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon good mustard

Combine just before serving.

NUTRITION ESTIMATE
As made, with four servings
Per Serving: 85 Cal (60% from Fat, 14% from Protein, 26% from Carb); 3 g Protein; 6 g Tot Fat; 2 g Sat Fat; 1 g Mono Fat; 6 g Carb; 1 g Fiber; NetCarb5; 3 g Sugar; 83 mg Calcium; 1 mg Iron; 43 mg Sodium; 8 mg Cholesterol; Weight Watchers 1 point

Dressing Only
As made, whole recipe
73 Cal (67% from Fat, 3% from Protein, 31% from Carb); 1 g Protein; 6 g Tot Fat; 3 g Sat Fat; 2 g Mono Fat; 6 g Carb; 0 g Fiber; NetCarb6; 5 g Sugar; 15 mg Calcium; 0 mg Iron; 64 mg Sodium; 20 mg Cholesterol; Weight Watchers 1 point

As made, 1/4 recipe
18 Cal (67% from Fat, 3% from Protein, 31% from Carb); 0 g Protein; 1 g Tot Fat; 1 g Sat Fat; 0 g Mono Fat; 1 g Carb; 0 g Fiber; NetCarb1; 1 g Sugar; 4 mg Calcium; 0 mg Iron; 16 mg Sodium; 5 mg Cholesterol; Weight Watchers 0 points

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