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Lima beans add a unique flavor, texture, and nutrients to this salad.
Change this recipe quickly by using orange juice for the lemon juice and adding a 1/2 tsp of ground ginger and skipping the dill.

If you don't like sunflower seeds, you can omit them entirely, or replace them with slivered almonds, pumpkin seeds, or crushed walnuts.

Low calorie and delicious
Confetti Salad
Ingredients
(8 servings - 168 calories per serving)
2 whole carrots
1/4 head cabbage
2 cups canned green beans
10 oz frozen peas
10 oz frozen lima beans
1 cup alfalfa sprouts
1 cup canned beets
1 cup lowfat cottage cheese
2/3 cup lowfat yogurt
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp dill
1 tsp basil
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
  • Wash and shred carrots.
  • Wash and shred cabbage.
  • Defrost peas and lima beans
  • Drain and slice beets.
  • Into 8 separate clear salad bowls, arrange layers of cabbage, carrots, green beans, peas, lima beans, sprouts, and beets. ALTERNATIVELY: Arrange salad ingredients in small mounds on 8 salad plates.
  • In blender, combine cottage cheese, yogurt, lemon juice, dill, and basil.
  • Drizzle dressing over salads.
  • Sprinkle each salad with sunflower seeds.
  • Serve while cold.


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