Salads and Salsas

Fresh Fruit Salsa/Salad

Try this delicious salsa with grilled chicken, meat or fish. If you cut the fruit into ½ inch (1 cm) cubes, this salsa makes a tasty dessert.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (250mL) Okanagan Coronation grapes, halved
  • ½ cup (125 mL) chopped honeydew melon
  • ½ cup (125 mL) chopped fresh pineapple
  • ½ cup (125 mL) chopped Granny Smith apples
  • ¼ cup (50 mL) peach nectar
  • 1 tbsp chopped mint
  • mint leaves for garnish

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, mix all ingredients except mint leaves.
  2. Marinate for 1 hour.
  3. Serve over grilled chicken, meat or fish and garnish with mint leaves.
  4. Makes 2½ cups (625 mL)
Okanagan Apple & Grape Salad

Ingredients

  • 2 stalks celery cut into ¼" slices
  • 1 large Granny Smith apple cut into cubes
  • 1 cup BC Grapes
  • ¼ cup dried apricots cut into quarters
  • 2 Tbsp. sliced almonds
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 2 Tbsp. apple juice or apple cider
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Toast almonds in small pan with a little oil.
  2. In a medium size bowl combine the celery slices, apple cubes, grapes and apricots.
  3. Stir in mayonnaise and apple juice until well mixed.
  4. Season to taste. Cover, refrigerate until ready to serve.
  5. Serve on bed of lettuce leaves or in small salad bowls.
  6. Top with toasted almonds.
Grape Salsa

Ingredients

  • 2 cups British Columbia grapes, cut in half & seeds removed
  • 1 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp. rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp. olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 jalapeno chili, chopped and seeded
  • ¼ cup snipped cilantrol
  • 4 tbsp. toasted silver almonds
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • ⅛ tsp. cayenne pepper

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients; let stand for one hour before serving.
  2. Serve with tortilla chips.

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