Fruit Salad

Ingredients:
2 cups fruit (mango, papaya, pineapple)
1 red bell pepper, seeded, chopped
1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
3 green onions, diced
Juice from one lime

• Chop any combination of fruit to equal approximately 2 cups.


• Mix all ingredients together.


• Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

Pear

Poached pears are a classic fall and winter dessert.

• Core the pear through the bottom using a melon baller, and leave the stem intact for an impressive presentation.
• Peel them and put them in acidulated water so they will not oxidize.
• Heat flavored water, fruit juice or wine to just below the boiling point, and add flavorings like vanilla, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, orange or lemon zest, or honey.
• Serve them whole or sliced with pound cake or ice cream.

Strawberry

Strawberries Soda
Fresh strawberries, washed, hulled, dried, and sliced
Vanilla ice cream (one big scoop per person)
Soda
Coarsely ground black pepper

1. Cover individual dessert plates with a thin layer or "mirror" of soda by spooning some soda on the middle of the plate and then turning the plate around to spread.
2. Scoop ice cream on the middle of each plate.
3. Cover the ice cream with strawberry slices until ice cream is invisible.
4. Grind pepper over the strawberries
5. Serve immediately.

Strawberry

Simply Strawberries

-Fresh strawberries, washed, hulled, and dried
-1 cup sour cream or creme fraiche
-1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Arrange strawberries in a large bowl.

Put sour cream and brown sugar into two smaller bowls.

To serve, let each guest dip a strawberry into sour cream and then into brown sugar.

Tamarind

Dilute the tamarind concentrate to your liking with water and use it to add zip to sauces, chutney, curries, and marinades. It adds a special taste and color to pineapple and mango chutneys. Tamarind is wonderful as a dipping sauce for kebobs as well as drizzled over pastries.

Pear Sandwich

2 tablespoons butter
1 small onion, finely chopped
8 slices pumpernickel bread
6 ounces gouda cheese, shredded
1 anjou pear, quartered and thinly sliced
salt and pepper, to taste

1. Melt 1 tbsp butter in a small frying pan over medium heat.
2. Add the onion, seasoning with salt and pepper and cook until carmelized and set aside.
3. In assembly line fashion, put cheese, onions, and pear slices on 4 slices of bread and top with the remaining 4 slices.
4. Heat a frying pan to medium-low heat and melt 1 tbsp butter.
5. Add the sandwiches and grill until the bread is toasted and the cheese is melted.
6. Flip the sandwiches to toast the other side.

Melon Salad

1/2 whole watermelon
1/2 whole cantaloupe
1/2 whole honeydew

1. Use a baller and ball watermelon until you reach the rind.
2. Place balled watermelon into a bowl.
3. Repeat with cantaloupe and honeydew.
4. Use baller to scrape unusable parts of fruit until the rinds are clean of ripe,eatable fruit and discard.
5. Place the balled fruit back into the watermelon rind.
6. Mix fruit until colors are blended.

Cucumber Salad

Ingredients:
3 large cucumbers, peeled and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh chives
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1) Place sliced cucumbers in a medium bowl.
2) Sprinkle with salt and let stand for 1 hour.
3) Drain cucumbers on paper towels, pressing to remove excess liquid.
4) Return cucumbers to bowl, and stir in remaininig ingredients.
5) Chill at least 1 hour before serving.

Cantaloupe Fruit Salad

Ingredients:
2 medium cantaloupes, peeled, cut into chunks
1 pineapple, peeled, cut into chunks
1 cup raisins
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
1 large apple, cut into chunks
1 cup plain yogurt
1 teaspoon grated orange peel

Stir together the yogurt and orange peel. Chill.
Mix all fruits in a large salad bowl.
Add the nuts and pour chilled yogurt mixture over fruit, toss, and serve.

Fruit Salad

Fruit Salad

Guava Salad

Ingredients:
1 Guava
1 Banana
1 Orange
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon honey

1. Dice guava.
2. Slice banana into bite-size chunks.
3. Peel orange and cut into bite-size pieces.
4. Put these three fruits in a bowl together.
5. Pour lemon juice over them.

Strawberry Milkshake

Ingredients:
- 2 scoops Strawberry ice cream
- 1 cup Milk
- 15 fresh strawberry

1. Place strawberry ice cream, milk and strawberry in a blender container.
2. Blend till mixture is smooth.
3. Poor into glasses. Serve immediately. Makes about 2 cups.