#88 Refreshing Fruit Salad with Ginger dressing

Fruit salads are so versatile that you can cut up any three or more of your favorite fruits and toss in a simple dressing and voila! you have a colorfully healthy salad. If you prefer to make your dressing  from scratch, the flavor is enhanced converting the salad into a dessert!! If you can eat a salad and it tastes like dessert-- who could ask for more? With summer upon us, bringing with it an abundance of fruits I am ready to bring home all the seasonal tropical fruits. Anyway, this is only a gateway to a wonderful world of fruit salads.......

Ingredients:
Pineapple chunks- 1/2 cup
Strawberries cut up in chunks- 1/2 cup
Blueberries- 1/2 cup
Fresh Mint Leaves- 5
Fresh Ginger-1/2 inch piece
Honey- 1 Tblspn
Lemon juice- 1/2 lemon
Sugar- 1/2 cup
Water- 1/2 cup

This simple salad is being sent to Pia's Innovative Salad Event #2 Fruits at
http://www.cookhealthy.in/2011/03/innovative-salad-event-2-fruits.html


Method:
1. Toss together the chunks of fruit and Julienned Mint leaves. Refrigerate intil ready to serve.
2. Place  a saucepan on the stove add, sugar, sliced ginger and water and make a thick syrup.
3. When the syrup is sticky and thick,  add lemon juice and honey, stir well. Remove from fire, strain the ginger out and cool the clear syrup to room temperature..
4. To serve, take a pretty glass or bowl, scoop 2 Tblpns of refrigerated fruit mix.
5. Pour 2 Tblspns of cooled syrup over the fruit and enjoy!!