Gingered Fruit Salad
Aug. 24th, 2021 06:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fuzzyredAfternoons again at work this week, so I chose to make a fruit salad instead of a more "traditional" meal. I forgot to consider that some of the fruit is almost out of season, but it still worked out okay. This recipe is from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook.
Ingredients
2 cups cubed cantaloupe
1 medium orange, peeled and sectioned
1 medium apple, cored and coarsely chopped*
1 medium peach, peeled, pitted, and thinly sliced*
1 cup blueberries
1/2 cup halved strawberries
1 8-ounce carton fruit-flavoured or vanilla yogurt
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon grated fresh giner or 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Lettuce leaves (optional)
Instructions
1. In a large bowl combine the cantaloupe, orange, apple, peach, blueberries, and strawberries.
2. For dressing, stir together yogurt, mayonnaise, brown sugar, and ginger. If desired, line 4 salad plates with lettuce leaves. Divide fruit among plates. Top with dressing.
*Note: After cutting the apple and the peach, toss the pieces with a mixture of lemon juice and water to prevent the fruit from darkening.
Thoughts and Variations
I probably threw in more than half a cup of strawberries, because when I measured, it didn't seem like enough so I added more. I chose vanilla yogurt and I used fresh ginger, although when I grated it it basically turned to water on me and I personally couldn't pick up any of the flavour. I also didn't toss the apple and peach with lemon juice because I just poured the dressing over the whole thing and tossed it, which seems to have taken care of the colour issue nicely. And I passed on the lettuce leaves.
I really like the dressing and I think it complements the fruit well. I am learning that I don't really like dishes that just throw a bunch of things together that leave with no real way to taste everything at once. I like fruit; I like all the fruits in this recipe (blueberries are meh); I could have just as easily eaten all these things individually instead of mixing them together. The dressing I would make again, possibly as a fruit dip, and if I did make this salad again, I would take more time and chop everything smaller so that I have a better chance of getting more than two fruit on my fork at a time.
Ingredients
2 cups cubed cantaloupe
1 medium orange, peeled and sectioned
1 medium apple, cored and coarsely chopped*
1 medium peach, peeled, pitted, and thinly sliced*
1 cup blueberries
1/2 cup halved strawberries
1 8-ounce carton fruit-flavoured or vanilla yogurt
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon grated fresh giner or 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Lettuce leaves (optional)
Instructions
1. In a large bowl combine the cantaloupe, orange, apple, peach, blueberries, and strawberries.
2. For dressing, stir together yogurt, mayonnaise, brown sugar, and ginger. If desired, line 4 salad plates with lettuce leaves. Divide fruit among plates. Top with dressing.
*Note: After cutting the apple and the peach, toss the pieces with a mixture of lemon juice and water to prevent the fruit from darkening.
Thoughts and Variations
I probably threw in more than half a cup of strawberries, because when I measured, it didn't seem like enough so I added more. I chose vanilla yogurt and I used fresh ginger, although when I grated it it basically turned to water on me and I personally couldn't pick up any of the flavour. I also didn't toss the apple and peach with lemon juice because I just poured the dressing over the whole thing and tossed it, which seems to have taken care of the colour issue nicely. And I passed on the lettuce leaves.
I really like the dressing and I think it complements the fruit well. I am learning that I don't really like dishes that just throw a bunch of things together that leave with no real way to taste everything at once. I like fruit; I like all the fruits in this recipe (blueberries are meh); I could have just as easily eaten all these things individually instead of mixing them together. The dressing I would make again, possibly as a fruit dip, and if I did make this salad again, I would take more time and chop everything smaller so that I have a better chance of getting more than two fruit on my fork at a time.
