Ellens Fruit Salad Food

FRUIT SALAD WITH LIMONCELLO

Steps:

• For the lemon yogurt topping, whisk together the yogurt, lemon curd, honey, and vanilla and set aside at room temperature.
• For the fruit salad, carefully toss together the strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, sugar, and limoncello. Allow them to stand at room temperature for about 5 minutes to let the berries macerate with the sugar and liqueur. Gently fold the banana into the mixture.
• Serve bowls of fruit with a dollop of lemon yogurt on top. Top each with a sprig of fresh mint.

ELLEN'S EASY NAPA SALAD

Steps:

• Topping--melt butter in large skillet, brown sesame seeds, almonds, sunflower seeds and ramen noodles until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels and cool.
• Dressing-- mix sugar, oil, vinegar and soy sauce in small saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat until sugar is disolved.
• Cool.
• Salad-- slice cabbage into ribbons and toss with green onions.
• To serve-- mound salad into bowl, sprinkle on desired amount of topping, and drizzle on desired amount of dressing.

VERY BASIC FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the fruit.
• Pour the juice over the fruit and toss to coat.
• Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours and then stir just before serving.

ELLEN'S YUMMY PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook and drain pasta of your choice according to package directions.
• Drain and rinse with cold water.
• May also place in an ice water bath.
• Toss pasta with 1/2 bottle salad seasoning, or to your taste.
• Add chopped veggies and dressing.
• Chill for at least 2 hours before seving.