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Healthy Hint: Melons help protect against cardiovascular disease.
Try this tasty take on turkey to satiate your craving for something sweet and savoury.
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
1 small head iceberg lettuce
1 head treviso or round radicchio
1 small cantaloupe or honeydew melon (about 500 g/1 lb)
250 g (8 oz) red seedless grapes 250 g (8 oz) green seedless grapes
1 tbsp butter
500 g (1 lb) turkey tenderloins or turkey breast cutlets, cut into thin strips
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tbsp fresh lemon thyme leaves
1/4 cup (25 g/1 oz) walnuts dressing
2 tbsp crème fraîche or sour cream
2 tbsp walnut oil
3 tbsp lemon juice salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Cut or tear iceberg lettuce and radicchio into small pieces. Arrange on individual serving plates.
- Halve melon and discard seeds. Scoop out flesh with a melon baller. Cut grapes in half. Scatter melon balls and grapes over salad greens.
- Heat butter in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Cook turkey until browned and cooked through, about 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in lemon thyme.
- To make dressing, whisk crème fraîche, oil and lemon juice in a bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle over salad greens. Top with turkey and garnish with walnuts.
Nutrients Per Serving: 567 calories, 39 g protein, 33 g total fat, 10 g saturated fat, 124 mg cholesterol, 29 g carbohydrate, 5 g fibre.
For more tempting turkey recipes try our Turkey and Mushroom Salad or our Creamy Turkey Salad with Grapes and Pecans.
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From: Super Salads, Reader's Digest Canada
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