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Yield:
1
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
with mesclun and pink peppercorn-yogurt dressing
----------------- Dressing: ----------------
1 x thin stalk lemongrass
1 lrg shallot, peeled and quartered
1/2 cup organic fat-free plain yogurt (or 1/4 cup yogurt and 1/4 cup sour cream)
1 x -3 tablespoons pink peppercorns, slightly crushed
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/8 tsp salt (more to taste)
1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper (more to taste)
----------------- Salad: ----------------
3 x -4 cups mesclun greens (mixed baby lettuces)
1/2 cup mixed bean sprouts
1/2 cup mixed leafy sprouts (such as snow pea shoots or sunflower shoots)
1/2 cup wheat berry sprouts
1/2 cup radish sprouts
4 lrg radishes, sliced
12 x cherry tomatoes
Instructions:
Instructions: Prepare dressing: Peel lemongrass. Trim 1 1/2 inches off stem and 3 inches off top. Cut stalk into 1 inch pieces. Place lemongrass, shallot and yogurt in blender and process 30-40 seconds or until smooth and well blended. Add pink peppercorns and process 3 seconds to incorporate. With blender running, slowly drizzle in olive oil and process 40 seconds or until blended and thickened. Stir in salt and pepper.

Prepare salad: In a mixing bowl, toss mesclun with about 2 tablespoons dressing. Arrange mesclun in center of each of 4 salad plates. Lightly toss each variety of sprouts in remaining dressing. Place 1/4 of each variety on each salad plate, arranging them in bundles around mesclun. Garnish each salad with a sliced radish, 3 baby tomatoes and pink peppercorns.

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