Zesty Fruta Vida Summer Salad To Cool You Down

July 21, 2008 at 7:00 am · Filed under Uncategorized

I just came up with something new, cool and delicious to eat on a hot summer day.  I needed to get really creative while living on a budget.  It was a hot day in July, and I didn't feel like turning on the oven, or making  hot pots of food on the stove.  So I took out what I had left in my vegetable bin, freezer and something different and exciting that I had in my cupboard.

I want you to know you can make this Fruta Vida salad recipe more or less to taste.

Fruta Vida Salad:

10 large leaves of Romaine lettuce washed and dried.

2 carrots washed and sliced thin.

1 apple washed, cut up and sliced into small pieces.

 1/4 cup of grated cheddar cheese.

4 tortillas.  Each cut up into 1/8 pieces and arrange on cookie sheet.

2 oz. of soft tofu cut into small pieces.

1 packet of Fruta Vida mixed with 6 oz. of chilled water.

1/8 of a cup of Extra Lite Virgin Olive Oil.

1/8 of a cup of Red Wine Vinegar.

 Add ground black pepper to taste.

In your favorite large salad bowl, cut or tear up Romaine lettuce into small pieces.  Add sliced and cut carrots, apples and tofu.  Toss gently.  Add grated cheddar cheese on top of salad.  Preheat oven to bake at 400 degrees.  After the oven has preheated, put in the cookie sheet with tortillas cut into 1/8 triangle pieces and arranged so each piece is separate from the others, and bake for 8 minutes or until golden brown and crispy.

When the tortilla are done and have cooled for a few minutes, arrange 1/8 pieces around the edge of the salad in the large bowl with the top of the triangle up.

Open the packet of Fruta Vida and mix 6 oz. of chilled water with 1/8 cup of extra light virgin olive oil and 1/8 cup of red wine vinegar.  Pepper to taste.  Shake or stir vigorously until well mixed.  Add to salad and toss.

Enjoy!