Olive Oil-Balsamic Dipping Sauce

For a fresh, quick appetizer, layer plum tomatoes, thinly sliced red onion, and part-skim mozzarella cheese cubes in a shallow dish, and drizzle with sauce. Or serve it with crusty whole grain bread, which is a good source of fiber.

Yield: Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

• 3  tablespoons  freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• 1  garlic clove, minced
• 1/2  teaspoon  Italian seasoning
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground pepper
• 1/4  cup  extra-virgin olive oil
• 2  tablespoons  balsamic vinegar
• 1  (16-ounce) unsliced multigrain bread loaf

Preparation

Stir together first 5 ingredients in a shallow bowl. Drizzle oil and vinegar evenly over cheese mixture, and stir.

Place bread loaf directly on lower oven rack. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until heated. Cut bread into 1-inch slices. Dip bread slices into sauce.

Nutritional analysis includes bread.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

214 (39% from fat)

Fat:

9.3g (sat 1.3g,mono 5.6g,poly 1.8g)

Protein:

6.6g

Carbohydrate:

27.5g

Fiber:

3.5g

Cholesterol:

1.5mg

Iron:

1.7mg

Sodium:

390mg

Calcium:

202mg