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Baby spinach salad with fresh cherries and goat cheese

5

Points®

Total time: 10 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 0 min • Serves: 2 • Difficulty: Easy

Here’s a really quick, light, summery meal that you'll find yourself making over and over again. It comes together in 10 minutes and requires no cooking, which is perfect after a hot, busy day out and about. This recipe is designed to serve two, but you can easily scale up the ingredients if you're having more people over or need it as a side for a dinner party. The cherries and celery are an irresistible combination, and beautifully complement the spinach, chives, thyme, and goat cheese. A sprinkling of chopped dry-roasted pistachios helps tie everything together right before serving, but feel free to use whatever nuts you have on hand.

Ingredients

Cherries

10 oz, Bing, pitted

Celery

2 rib(s), medium, diced

Fat free balsamic vinaigrette dressing

3 Tbsp

Chives

2 Tbsp, minced

Fresh thyme

1 Tbsp, stemmed

Black pepper

¼ tsp

Baby spinach

4 cup(s)

Reduced fat soft goat cheese

3 oz

Salted dry-roasted pistachio nuts

2 Tbsp, without shell, chopped

Instructions

1

Mix cherries, celery, dressing, chives, thyme, and pepper in a large bowl until the cherries are well coated.

2

Add spinach; crumble in goat cheese. Toss very gently to coat.

3

Divide between two plates. Sprinkle each serving with half the chopped pistachios.

4

Serving size: 2 1/2 cups.

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