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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Bound to be good with sesame seeds added Ingredients:
5 cups chopped or torn crisp lettuce, lightly packed |
2 green onions, sliced |
1/2 cup sliced celery |
3 tbsp toasted sesame seds |
dressing |
1 tbsp olive oil |
1 tbsp vinegar |
1 tbsp sugar |
1/4 tsp prepared mustard |
Directions:
1. Combine lettuce, onion, celery and sesame seeds in bowl. Sesame seeds can be toasted in 350 degrees F oven for about 5 - 10 minutes stirring once or twice until lightly browned. Chill salad until needed.
2. Dressing:
3. Stir all 4 ingredients together until sugar is dissolved. Just befroe serving pour over salad. Toss.
4. Serves 4
5. Rich In Beneficial Minerals
6. Sesame seeds are a very good source of copper, and calcium.
7. Just a quarter-cup of sesame seeds supplies 74.0% of the daily value for copper, 31.6% of the DV for magnesium, and 35.1% of the DV for calcium. This rich assortment of minerals translates into the following health benefits:
8. Copper Provides Relief for Rheumatoid Arthritis
9. Copper is known for its use in reducing some of the pain and swelling of rheumatoid arthritis.
10. Copper's effectiveness is due to the fact that this trace mineral is important in a number of antiinflammatory and antioxidant enzyme systems. In addition, copper plays an important role in the activity of lysyl oxidase, an enzyme needed for the cross-linking of collagen and elastin-the ground substances that provide structure, strength and elasticity in blood vessels, bones and joints.
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