Fruit Salad With a Remarkable Dressing

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It isn't too terribly difficult to make a fruit salad and, when you order one in a restaurant you usually get poppy seed dressing. If you go to the supermarket for help what do you get? Poppy Seed dressing. You can get a little relief by buying or making a raspberry and vinegar combination but that's about it.

This Fruit Salad dressing is mine. I developed it and, although there might be similar dressings I haven't found them. The nice thing about this dressing is that you can fine tune it to your tastes. It can be as sweet or savory as you like it.

First, you have to collect a variety of fresh fruit that pleases you. I like watermelon, strawberries cantaloupe, apple slices, pineapple chunks and seedless grapes but you can throw in some fresh seasonal berries, mango, oranges, grapefruit or whatever. The fruit must be cut into bite-sized pieces.

You will also need a packaged of mixed baby greens but bagged spinach is also good. Place the greens on a nice plate and artfully arrange the fruit on top. You can make one large salad if you like and have your guests ladle out their portions but I think it looks much prettier to have individual portions.

Now, mix together one 8 ounce carton of sour cream (please, please, please do not use low fat sour cream), one and one-half tablespoons of honey and one quarter cup of fresh orange juice or orange juice that has not been re-constituted.

Mix the ingredients together well and then taste. Need it a little sweeter? Add some honey. A little more tart? Add some sour cream. A little thinner for easy pouring? Add some orange juice. Pour gently over the fruit and enjoy.