
Fruit Salad with Cardamom Cider Dressing
When we decided to have a week completely devoted to salads I knew I couldn’t make a green salad. After all, Ceri is the queen of the green salad. I mean the lady has cornered our market with her salmon dinner salad, green goddess and that crazy delicious grilled shrimp salad. I knew instead I would tackle the humble fruit salad. After all, it’s what we live on in the summer months at our cottage. We pick our own blueberries and strawberries up the street at the local farm (it’s a great morning activity) and have found wild raspberry bushes on the foot path we like to hike. So we often bring along a basket on our walks that we can fill. Some times that basket makes it home with raspberries, other times we eat them as we walk. Needless to say, we have a lot of local fruit kicking around.
I usually like to keep a bowl of blueberries on the table outside for us (or whatever neighbour that drops by) to graze on, but when I have guests I don’t feel like I can toss fruit at them and say “now eat”. So I get all fancy and make a salad. (Goodness, you know it’s the lazy days of summer when the simple act of cutting is considered fancy prep work.)
I love to bake with cardamom so I knew I couldn’t go wrong if I stirred it into a dressing for my lavish salad. Plus cardamom’s exotic cola flavour compliments fruit and makes my guests say, “gosh, what is that I taste?” It’s a great salad to have in the morning with pancakes, as an afternoon snack or with a dollop of fresh whipped cream on top for dessert. You can also tailor it to suit what your family loves. When peaches start to hit our local farmer’s stands, I often stir them into the mix. I’ve also been known to pitch in some bananas, blackberries or orange slices.
Ingredients
- 1 gala apple, sliced into cubes
- 2 cups sliced strawberries
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup diced pineapple
- 1 cup raspberries
- Dressing
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup apple cider
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
Method
Toss all your fruits in a large bowl.
Also, feel free to change up the combination of fruit based on what your family loves.
Meanwhile, whisk the cider vinegar, cider, oil, honey and lemon juice. Add the vanilla and cardamom. Dress the salad with desired amount of dressing.
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