Toasted Bread Salad with Pine Nuts
- Yield: 6 servings
- Prep: 25 mins
- Cook: 10 mins
Serve this with roasted chicken or beef or a cup of soup. Save this recipe for when you have fresh home-grown tomatoes.
Ingredients
- 1-- (14-ounce) Boboli pizza crust, torn into bite-sized pieces
- 1/2cup pine nuts
- 6ounces mozzarella cheese, cut into small cubes
- 1/2cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
- 2cups chopped tomatoes
- 1cup small black olives
- 1/2cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/3cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/2cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2cloves garlic, minced
- 1teaspoon sugar
- 1/4teaspoon salt
- 1/2teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F. Spread the pizza crust pieces and pine nuts evenly over the surface of a large cookie sheet. Toast for about 10 minutes, or until pine nuts become light golden. Remove from oven and cool. When cool, toss together with cheese in a large bowl. Gently fold in the tomatoes, olives and parsley.
- In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together vinegar, oil, garlic, sugar, salt and pepper. Pour over bread mixture just before serving and toss well.
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 610
- Glycemic Load 0.48
- Fat 42g
- Saturated Fat 9g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 8g
- Monounsaturated Fat 22g
- Cholesterol 20mg
- Sodium 930mg
- Potassium 370mg
- Carbohydrate 45g
- Fiber 6g
- Sugars 7g
- Protein 17g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Vitamin A 25%
- Vitamin C 30%
- Calcium 35%
- Iron 25%
