Just Made Metro Newspaper's Broccoli, Snow Pea and Baby Corn Salad

I have been inspired to cook by two of my fellow bloggers Lisa and Anne. Anne is always making fantastic things and posting them to her facebook page and Lisa regularly features recipes on her blog. I have started to realize that over the past year much of my budget has gone to food. Rather than wasting it on fast food that ISN'T 1) good for me or 2) very good, I've been trying my darnedest to make new meals each week. Here is a recipe Treasure Seeker Colleen sent me yesterday from the Metro Newspaper. Click here to see the full article! I am going to be having a cookbook giveaway for "Glorious One Pot Meals" very soon so stay tuned!

Anne's site http://themlane.wordpress.com/
Lisa's site http://www.sololisa.com/

Recipe

by Rose Reisman

Ingredients:

Salad

• 2 cups chopped broccoli florets
• 1 cup snow peas, cut into 1-inch pieces
• ½ cup sliced onion
• ½ medium red bell pepper, sliced
• 3 cups torn romaine lettuce
• ¾ cup drained mandarin orange sections
• ½ cup water chestnuts
• 8 ears canned baby corn, drained and cut in thirds
• ¼ cup dried cranberries

Dressing

• 3 Tbsp olive oil
• 3 Tbsp frozen orange juice, thawed
• 1½ tsp balsamic vinegar
• ½ tsp crushed fresh garlic
• 4 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp granulated sugar

Preparation:

1. Steam broccoli until tender-crisp, approximately 2 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. Drain again; pat it dry. Place the in serving bowl.

2. Add peas, onion, red pepper, lettuce, orange, sliced water chestnuts, corn and cranberries to the serving bowl.

3. For the dressing, whisk the oil, juice concentrate, vinegar, garlic, lemon juice and sugar together in a small bowl. Pour over the salad and toss well.