This is a delicious side fruit salad with a sweet and tangy dressing.

It is perfect for lunch with crusty rolls or as a dinner side dish.

The recipe comes from an amazing cookbook called The Complete Best of Bridge Cookbooks Volume Two.

If you know the Best of Bridge series of cookbooks, you know you can count on their recipes to be absolutely fabulous each and every time.

Arizona Fruit Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 avocado
• 2 tablespoons (30 mL) lime juice
• 1 papaya
• 2 oranges
• 1 grapefruit
• 1 small red onion
• 1/2 pomegranate (optional)
• 2 tablespoons (30 mL) orange juice
• 2 tablespoons (30 mL) lime juice
• 2 teaspoons (10 mL) liquid honey
• 1/4 teaspoon (1 mL) hot pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) vegetable oil
• 1 head romaine lettuce

Method

Step 1

For the fruit salad, peel and slice the avocado. Sprinkle it with 1 tablespoon of lime juice. Peel, seed and slice the papaya thinly. Sprinkle with the remaining lime juice. Peel the oranges and grapefruit. Cut the fruit into segments. Slice the red onion. In a large bowl, combine the avocado, papaya, orange and grapefruit segments and onion. Set aside. If you are using pomegranate, scoop out seeds and set them aside in a small bowl.

Step 2

For the dressing whisk together the orange juice, lime juice, honey, pepper flakes and oil.

Step 3

To serve, pour the dressing over the fruit and toss well. Spoon onto a lettuce-lined platter or large bowl. Sprinkle the pomegranate seeds over it all.

Did You Know?…

You can find a review of the cookbook this recipe came from on the site here.

The authors suggest that it is especially good with Mexican food (which I am sure it is), but I think it’s also much more versatile than that.

Give it a try.

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This fruit salad is especially great with Mexican food.

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