Fruit Salad - MS Word document for downloading

There are endless versions of Fruit Salad. You can choose your fruits according to the season and mix fresh fruits with canned or frozen, if you wish. You can opt for a colour scheme of, for example, all green on a hot summer’s day (green grapes, green apples, kiwi etc). Some cooks will tell you never to mix more than three fruits, as your palate will be confused by the flavours.

I like a variety of fruits and plenty of colour. The quantity of fruit to allow is roughly one piece of fruit per person. I like a large quantity of fruit salad, so I double this and I don’t add cream - at least not at the moment!

Serves 4-6  Read more »

Dried Fruit Salad - MS Word document for downloading

Serves 4 - 6

I think dried pears are full of flavour and I love them in a dried fruit salad. You can buy packets of dried fruit salad mix, or make up your own. Check for preservative - I prefer to buy the mix without any sulphite, from the Health Food Store. I usually cook this, covered, in the oven, along with the main meal for that evening, or, if I’m really organised, for the following day, making good use of the oven heat.

Preparation time: 5 minutes the night before you want to eat it. Read more »