Salad with Mozzarella and Ham
Preparation and cooking time: 20 minutes
A cold salad can be just the thing for a hot summer evening. Other than the eggs, nothing is cooked; just assemble and serve. The small mozzarella balls are great for tossing with a salad; if you can't find them, just roughly chop half of a larger, whole mozzarella. Serve some crusty, country bread on the side, if you like.
Ingredients:
- 8oz ham, 230gr, 8oz
- 10 - 12 small mozzarella balls, 112gr, 4oz
- 3/4 cup cherry tomatoes, 135gr, 4.7oz
- 2 eggs, hard-boiled, 130gr, 4.5oz
- 1 avocado, 200gr, 7oz
- enough lettuce for 2 main dish salads, 200gr, 7oz
- White Balsamic Vinaigrette
- 3 tbs good olive oil, 40.5gr, 1.4oz
- 1 tbs white Balsamic vinegar, 16gr, .56oz
- 1 tsp lemon juice, 5gr, .18oz
- 1 tbs fresh basil, substitute 1 tsp dried
- 1 tbs snipped chives, substitute 1 tsp dried
Instructions:
- Boil eggs.
- Prepare lettuce, tear and put into a large salad bowl.
- Make vinaigrette.
- Cut ham into strips.
- Cut cheese and tomatoes in half.
- Remove pit from avocado and slice.
- When eggs are done, cool, peel and cut into pieces.
- Add 2 - 3 tbs vinaigrette to lettuce and toss well with tongs to combine. Taste, adjust.
- Add ham, tomatoes, eggs, cheese and avocado and toss gently. Serve, extra dressing on the side.
- White Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Whisk vinegar and lemon juice.
- Slowly whisk in oil.
- Add basil and chives.
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Nutrition Information |
Nutrition Information Complete Salad / all Vinaigrette Recipe serves 2 Entire Recipe / per serving Calories: 1592 / 796 Total Carbohydrates: 76 / 38 Dietary Fiber: 33 / 16.5 Total Fat: 124 / 62 Saturated Fat: 33 / 16.5 Cholesterol: 761 / 380.5 Protein: 82 / 41 Calcium: 796 / 398 Sodium: 3442 / 1721 |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements in this color are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
