Fresh vegetable and grape salad.

Serve up a
great grape salad

Grapes are great year-round, but the juicy orbs peak in late summer and early autumn. Extra-large Red Globe grapes are a produce best buy at 87 cents a pound to Safeway Club members ($1.27 to others), and 97 cents for Maika'i Club members at Sack N Save (or $1.59).

Elsewhere, large Christmas Rose grapes cost $1.18 a pound at Daiei, while red seedless grapes are $1.15 at IGH (Independent Grocers of Hawaii) and $1.29 at Star Market.

While supplies last, Halloween pumpkins are 19 cents a pound and mini pumpkins 99 cents a pound at Times Super Markets.

Other best buys include Anjou pears for 69 cents at IGH, and to Safeway Club members: Bartlett pears for 87 cents ($1.27 to others), broccoli for 79 cents ($1.19) and bananas for 69 cents (99 cents).

Also, Island Fresh cucumbers cost 59 cents a pound at IGH and 68 cents at Daiei, and tomatoes are 89 cents to Foodland Maika'i Club members, $1.59 to others.

Fresh Vegetable and Grape Salad

3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
n Salad:
1 quart mixed salad greens
1 cup seedless grapes
1/2 cup EACH broccoli florets and julienned carrots, cooked crisp-
tender
2 tablespoons EACH sunflower kernels and sliced green onions
1/2 teaspoon EACH dried thyme and oregano, crushed
Salt and pepper to taste

Combine salad ingredients; toss to mix. Drizzle over vinegar and oil; toss to coat. Sprinkle cheese over and toss lightly. Makes 4 servings.

Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: 154 calories, 11 grams fat, 6 milligrams cholesterol, 94 milligrams sodium. *