One of the recipes we made was Fresh Fruit Salad, which is a dessert, not a salad. I have made this many times over the years and is a great way of using up fruit.
Here is the recipe:
Fresh Fruit Salad
1 cup water
1/2 cup granulated sugar (4 oz)
juice of half lemon
Assorted fruit
Place water and sugar in a pan, and bring to boil; stirring until sugar has dissolved. Cool.
When liquid has cooled, add lemon juice and chopped/sliced fruit of your choice.
I added, one apple, a jar of canned pears, a tin of mandarin oranges, a banana, some watermelon and a handful of seedless grapes.
I didn't get as much done as I would have liked on Wednesday, as the humidity was just plain awful. However, I got the closets primed inside. A large load of laundry done. Made dessert. Did some cleaning and got some phone calls made. So all was not lost.
8 comments:
My Fruit salad is fresh fruit as in season but I prefer a piece of rockmelon peeled and chopped, 1/2 an orange peeled, quartered and chopped, 4 Strawberries chopped, Contents of one passion fruit, sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of sugar over top, sprinkle with lime or lemon juice (shop bought is OK), mix well and serve chilled - have it every second morning for breakfast.
I told the ComputerSon that the goal this month was to survive August. So he says, what about September? I said, We'll look back and say, Whew! We survived August.
We're all in this together! Liz
I really enjoy fruit salads and this one looks really delicious!! I also took "Home Ec" in school and was ahead of some of the girls in the class too (boys never took the class, they took auto-mechanics) I couldn't understand how they didn't even know how to make biscuits! I wonder if they know how to now or do they think they just come right out of a can?
Fresh fruit salad is a lovely treat. I usually just use whatever I have but I always want to have some blueberries in it.
I had the same experience with Home Ec since I could certainly cook and sew those ridiculously basic things we were 'taught'. A complete lesson on boiling eggs comes to mind!
I never took Home Ec - my all boys school didn't even have it as an option (LOL) - but my mum taught me to cook and i like cooking, do it frequently.
I'm amazed at how many people who do 'cook' cannot poach an egg!
Blueberries are lovely but at present they are $4.50AUS for 100gms - too dear for me!
Oh yummy..your right just right for a hot day. Thanks for posting will try it out.
Feels a little cooler already and looking forward to a nice cool weekend.
Enjoy..JudiB.
I just love a fresh fruit salad, and your glaze looks like it would be perfect. I"ll have to try this one.
Teresa
Sounds delicious!
Something I really like in summer is tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, bell pepper, cauliflower anything else you might like cut in to small chunks and covered with Italian dressing. I like to let it soak for at least a couple hours...if you like tangy stuff this is really refreshing on a hot day.
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