Slim-TATO Salad!

With Memorial Weekend on the horizon and BBQ's throughout the land, it's time to dig up some old picnic favorites! But those favorites don't have to be a gut-busting nightmare! You just have to flip those classics upside down, turn them around and send them to calorie school, where they will learn to still be DELICIOUS, but a little more waistline friendly. So let's do it with a delicious

 Slim-TATO Salad!

(courtesy of Taste of Home)

 

• 2 pounds red potatoes, cubed
• 1/2 cup
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  Light & Creamy Italian Dressing

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  fat free italian salad dressing
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced radishes
• 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon salt, optional
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1-1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar

Directions

• Cook potatoes in boiling water until tender, about 15-20 minutes; drain thoroughly. Place in a bowl; cool slightly. Pour salad dressing over warm potatoes; toss to coat. Add celery, green pepper, onion, radishes, parsley, salt if desired and pepper; mix well. Combine the mayonnaise, mustard and sugar; pour over potato mixture and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Yield: 14 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One 1/2-cup serving (prepared with fat-free Italian salad dressing and mayonnaise and without salt) equals 55 calories, 0.55 g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 147 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 vegetable, 1/2 starch.