GERD / Acid Reflux
This recipe contains GERD triggers and those with GERD may wish to avoid it.
Gluten Sensitivity
This recipe is safe for those who are sensitive to gluten.
"To remember a successful salad is generally to remember a successful dinner; at all events, the perfect dinner necessarily includes the perfect salad." -George Ellwanger, Gastronomist
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I love this little salad. It's quick and easy and really tasty. You can use yellow squash instead or combine the two for great color. It makes a great side dish for almost any soup and then you have the perfect dinner.
Pine Nuts
These lovely little seeds are also known as pignoles, pinon, pine kernel, the Italian nut and pignolia. It is actually the seed found inside the pine cone and there are two main types. One is grown in the Mediterranean and is referred to as the Italian or Mediterranean pine nut. Extracted from the cones of the Stone Pine tree, these are longer and more tapered. The flavor is lighter. The Chinese variety is more triangular in shape. It has a sharper, pungent flavor.
Pine nuts, like all seeds and nuts, are high in fat. A tablespoon has 5 grams of fat but, as with most seeds and nuts, the majority of the fat is mono-unsaturated fat, with 2 grams of mono-unsaturated and 2 grams of poly-unsaturated fat in a tablespoon. (see The health of it all - nuts / almonds)
Pine nuts are easily found in health food stores, most grocery stores and specialty stores, as well as in Asian markets. Buy sparingly. Because of the high fat content, pine nuts begin to turn rancid within about 3 months. Store in a sealed container in cool dry place.
1 ounce pine nuts = 146 calories, 14g fat, 2g sat fat, 5g mono fat, 7g protein, 4g carbohydrates, 1mg sodium, 0mg cholesterol, Vitamin K 15.2 mcg
