Dried Fruit Salad 2 Food

KALE SALAD WITH DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS

Steps:

• Combine water, lemon juice and agave nector for dressing and set aside.
• Remove the center stem from the kale and discard. Wash and chop kale leaves and pat dry. If you don't know how to remove the stems from kale, Google: remove kale stems.
• Transfer kale to a large bowl. Coat palms of hands with oil and massage kale for 30 to 60 seconds until bright green and soft.
• Add dressing, fruit, and pecans to kale and toss.
• Add pepper, toss again.

SPICED DRIED FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Put all the dried fruit plus the cinnamon, cloves, honey, saffron, vanilla and lemon zest into a sauce pan. Add cold water to just barely cover the fruit.
• Place on stove on a low-medium heat and slowly bring to simmering point. Cook for 15 minutes, gently stirring once during this time. Remove from heat.
• Cool to desired serving temperature - remove cinnamon & cloves (if you can find them). Just before serving stir in the almonds, pistachios and a few drops of orange flower water (or to taste).
• Note: if you prefer you can place the cinnamon & cloves into a muslin bag to make removal easier.

VERY LOW FAT WARM WINTER FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 140 degrees (fan oven).
• Cut oranges and grapefruit into segments.
• place in large ovenproof dish together with the mandarin slices.
• add the dried fruit in layers.
• pour over the orange juice
• cover with foil.
• bake for 30 minutes.
• serve warm with greek yoghurt.

NUMMY COUSCOUS SALAD WITH DRIED FRUIT

Steps:

• Put the cous cous into a large bowl and pour boiling water over top. Cover loosely with lid and let sit 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
• Meanwhile, chop all your veggies and then add everything to the cous cous and stir well. Serve immediately or let sit in the fridge for a few hours. It tastes better the next day!
• Enjoy!

DRIED FRUIT PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• In a saucepan, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse under cold water. Refrigerate for about 10 minutes.
• Combine pasta, apricots, dates, almonds, apples, spinach and Swiss cheese. Add vinaigrette to the pasta salad and mix well.
• Serve garnished with fresh mint if desired.
• To make the vinaigrette, whisk together in a bowl orange juice, olive oil, rice vinegar, orange zest and honey.

DRIED FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Wash and dry fruit.
• Combine ingredients in a large bowl.
• Add enough water to cover.
• Stir and refrigerate for 1-2 days, serve chilled.