Friday, December 25, 2009

Salad with Grapefruit Dressing

I have a huge bag of pink grapefruits from Costco so I am using some of them to make dressing for salads.  It's so easy and delicious.   Did you know pink grapefruits have more nutrients that yellow? 

Grapefruit Dressing

Ingredients:
1 Pink grapefruit
Dijon mustard (prepared)
Freshly ground pepper
Mixed greens
Fresh basil
1 - 4 close fresh garlic (optional)
Olive oil

Instructions:
Squeeze the juice out of the grapefruit into a pint jar using a wooden reamer.  Don't worry about chunks in the juice.
Add 2-3 large Tbsps mustard to the jar.  Taste to check the balance.
Grind some pepper in.
Grate in 1 - 4 cloves garlic
Whisk the ingredients with a mini whisk.  Then put the top on the jar and shake well.
Put greens into a large bowl.
Add lots of fresh basil if you have it.
Pour over about 1/4 cup of the dressing.
Pour on olive oil
Toss the salad.

The dressing keeps in the frig for about 3 days worth of salads.