Pritikin Strawberry Asparagus Salad

It’s asparagus season! Pritikin has several recipes for gorgeous and delicious vegetable. Get your asparagus now, in spring and early summer, when it’s at its peak in flavor, vitamins, and antioxidants, and its least expensive.  This Pritikin Asparagus Strawberry Salad is proof positive that healthy food can be as enticing to the palate as junky treats.  The Pritikin Eating Plan recommends you eat at least 5 (and preferably many more!) servings of vegetables each day.  Not only are they nutritious, you’ll just naturally eat fewer calories and shed excess weight. This healthy salad recipe is both vegetable and fruit rich.

Asparagus Strawberry Salad

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes minutes

Course: Salads

Cuisine: Healthy Spa Cuisine

Keyword: Asparagus, Pritikin

Servings: 4 Servings

Calories: 230kcal

Courtesy Of: Pritikin Longevity Center + Spa, Miami, Florida

Be creative! Feel free to forge new fusions. Do you prefer balsamic over red wine vinegar? Go for it! Did you just pick up some juicy blackberries, peaches, clementines or oranges from the market? Use them instead of strawberries for this salad. Remember Pritikin Chef Anthony’s mantra: "If you like foods individually, chances are you will love them when they’re combined." It’s all about discovering new taste treats!

Ingredients

Salad Base

• ▢ 2 bunches Fresh Asparagus
• ▢ 2 small tomatoes -optional, quartered or sliced
• ▢ 2 small carrots -optional, cleaned and sliced
• ▢ 1 cup strawberries -cleaned and sliced
• ▢ 1 bunch shredded romaine -optional -- this salad is delicious without lettuce, too. We also love it with raw spinach leaves.
• ▢ 4 pinches fresh herbs or microgreens

Dressing

• ▢ 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
• ▢ 1/2 cup orange juice
• ▢ 1 tablespoon garlic fresh minced
• ▢ 1 teaspoon paprika
• ▢ 1 teaspoon black pepper fresh ground

Instructions

• For dressing, combine all dressing ingredients and whisk.
• Remove tough asparagus ends, cut on the diagonal into 1-inch pieces, and blanch. Put asparagus, tomatoes or carrots, strawberries or other fruit, and romaine in large bowl. Toss gently with dressing, top with a pinch of microgreens for each serving, and serve.

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Spa Index Kitchen Notes

At Spa Index, we always try to calculate the stats for our readers, but instead of calorie counting, the dietitians and doctors at the Pritikin Longevity Center focus on heaping lots of good healthy food on your plate, but with each bite you’re just naturally taking in a small amount of calories. It’s smart eating. It involves knowing the calorie density of the foods you’re eating. It keeps you full and happy, which means you’re far less likely to go places (those multiple slices of pizza) you ought not to go.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 230 kcal (12%) | Carbohydrates: 14 g (5%) | Protein: 2 g (4%) | Fat: 0.5 g (1%) | Sodium: 31 mg (1%) | Potassium: 487 mg (14%) | Fiber: 3.6 g (15%) | Vitamin A: 19250 IU (385%) | Vitamin C: 49.5 mg (60%) | Calcium: 50 mg (5%) | Iron: 1.1 mg (6%)

The Pritikin Program promotes weight loss but also enhances health, and powerfully so.  A stay at our all-inclusive weight loss resort, Pritikin Longevity Center in Florida, will change your life. Lose weight, get fit and return home with the tools needed to live a healthier life.