Florida Sunshine Salad Recipes

FLORIDA FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Mix pudding with pineapple juice.
• Add Tang.
• Pour over fruit.
• Mix well and chill until serving.

FLORIDA CITRUS GARDEN SALAD

Steps:

• Microwave limes for about 30 seconds to release essential oils, and set aside to cool.
• Turn on the blender and through the feed-tube, add the parsley, chives, honey, rice wine vinegar, and fresh ginger, and blend together until a smooth paste has formed. At this point the limes should be cool enough to squeeze. With the power on, add the lime juice through the blender feed-tube, and then very slowly add the oil and water until the mixture thickens and can coat the back of a spoon. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Set aside in refrigerator until needed. (When chilled, the dressing should resemble something like mayonnaise.)
• In a large bowl, toss lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and grapefruit with enough dressing to coat.

FLORIDA SUNSHINE SALAD

Steps:

• Tear the crab meat into strands with two forks. Put 2 -3 tbsps of mayo (or to taste) into a salad bowl. Add the grated ginger, red pepper flakes and a dash of ground allspice. Add the crab meat and grapefruit juice and stir to combine. Refrigerate until required.
• Lay out 4 salad plates with salad greens. Top with tomato slices and cucumber slices; English cucumbers don't need to be peeled but do peel if preferred. Add the grapefruit segments, cut shallots or spring onions into fine rings and add to salad. Lightly salt the tomatoes and cuces, careful if you are using capers. Divide olives and capers, if using, scatter on top.
• Drizzle salad dressing of your choice over each plate, I used a home made citrus vinaigrette.
• Remove the crab salat from the fridge, divide into 4 portions and mound on top of each plate, serve at once. Enjoy!