Gingered Fruit Salad

Afternoons 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.

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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.