Dressing Greens for Better Nutrition

Summer is a great time to prepare healthy, light salads. Follow these salad suggestions to "dress" greens with success.

1. Fruit juices, flavored vinegars, and herbs make dressings flavorful without adding fat or salt.

2. For a tangy fruit salad topping, try nonfat or lowfat yogurt like vanilla or lemon.

3. Toss kiwi, orange, nectarine, berries, or other fruit for a sweet and colorful treat.

4. Make your salad into a meal by adding a variety of foods, like imitation crab meat, chicken, turkey, cottage cheese, pasta, potatoes, lots of vegetables.

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