Great (& Healthy) Antipasto Salad

Received this in email from www.whfoods.com. Seems like a full-flavored but light version of a really satisfying vegie combo. The email reports this salad provides 350% of your daily Vitamin A requirement per serving! Also nice is that it can marinate in your fridge for a week & just get tastier - some for now & more for later! They report a serving to be 116 grams (59 calories per their serving) ... don't know how this translates so I am guessing at 4 servings. The site is an interesting source of info about nutrition & food choices presented in easy to understand ways.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  cups carrots, turned
• 1 1⁄2 cups celery, thick sliced
• 1  cup fennel bulb, fresh sliced
• 2  tablespoons kalamata olives, rinsed and quartered
• 2  tablespoons capers, rinsed

• Dressing

• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons  mixed Italian herbs, dried
• 2  garlic cloves, pressed
• 2  teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 1  teaspoon honey
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper, cracked
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh
•  extra virgin olive oil, to taste

Directions

1. Press garlic and let sit for 5 minutes to enhance its health-promoting benefits.
2. Bring water to boil in steamer and add carrots and steam for 4 minutes. Add celery and fennel and steam for just 1 more minute.
3. Remove from heat and place in a bowl with capers and olives.
4. Whisk all dressing ingredients together, drizzling olive oil at end a little at a time.
5. Toss with vegetables and marinate for at least 15 minutes before serving.