The traditional salad, namesake of the famous New York hotel, is updated here in a recipe from Bon Appetite magazine.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup low fat mayonnaise
1/4 cup nonfat yogurt
2 tablespoons orange juice
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
1/2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
1 head romaine lettuce
1 grapefruit, peeled and cut into segments
1 firm, ripe Bosc pear, peeled, cored, diced
1 tart green apple, peeled, cored, diced
1 cup seedless grapes, halved
1/3 cup chopped dates
1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted

Directions:

Combine first five ingredients for dressing.  Line bowl with large outer lettuce leaves.  Chop remaining leaves to measure 6 cups.  Halve grapefruit segments.  Combine all ingredients with dressing and transfer to leaf-lined bowl.  Sprinkle with pine nuts.  Serves 6.

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