Radicchio Salad with Easy Raspberry Vinaigrette

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon bell pepper green minced
• 8 ounces hearts of palm whole
• 1 bag fancy lettuce mix with herbs
• 1 head radicchio lettuce washed
• 16 ounces no sugar added dressing italian (recommended: Paul Newman's)
• 1 cup raspberries fresh
• 1 tablespoon bell pepper red minced
• 2  roma tomatoes cut into 4 wedges, optional
• 0.3 cup sugar substitute (recommended: Splenda)

Equipment

• bowl
• blender

Directions

1. To a blender, add the Italian dressing, 1/2 of the raspberries, and the sugar substitute, and blend for a minute until smooth.
2. Line a bowl or plate with whole radicchio leaves and pile high the lettuce mix in the center.
3. Cut a tomato into 4 wedges and place around the plate in a starburst fashion with a heart of palm stick in between each.
4. Sprinkle with minced bell peppers.
5. Pour raspberry vinaigrette over the salad and top with a few fresh raspberries.
6. Serve.