Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Veggie & Fruit Salad

I had some leftover veggies I wanted to use up, so I looked up some recipes and got a couple ideas and then came up with my own creation...

1 cup shredded cucumber (about 3/4 of a large cucumber)
1 cup finely shredded carrots (1 large carrot)
1 cup chopped apple (1 small/medium figi apply)
1/2 cup raisins
3 tbsp shredded coconut

1/3 cup mayonnaise
2 tsp honey
dash cinnamon

Mix fruits & veggies in a medium bowl.  Combine mayo & honey in a small bowl, mix well.  Pour over fruits in veggies & stir to coat.  Lightly sprinkle cinnamon over the top & mix in.  Enjoy immediately or cover & put in fridge until ready to eat.

I was very pleased with how this turned out.  I kept trying bites throughout the process (starting with just cucumber & carrots) & was apprehensive, but once I added the raisins & coconut it tasted really yummy, then after the dressing was on I thought "yeah this is pretty good!"  But once the cinnamon was stirred in, well that was just what it needed.  All 3 of us enjoyed a good sized helping of this with dinner, eating more than half of the salad.  Next time I will probably make a double batch as this will easily be gone by lunchtime tomorrow.

Notes:
~ I tried to finely shred the cucumber, & it just turned to mush.  So I used the regular sized larger holes on the grater and that worked better.
~ I used the tiny size smallest holes for the carrots, because I think the finer it's shred the more moist & juicy it becomes.

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