Spring is here – means lots of fresh veggies, fruits, and salad on my menu.   Making salad dressing is no rocket science, but what I love is making some thing so different which comes out of the blue.  I have seen strawberry vinaigrette, Tangerine dressing but has never seen a salad dressing made with Kiwi fruit.  So I thought of giving a try with this fruit and for my amazement it came out pretty good.  The sweet and sour taste of salad dressing compensates the bitter tangy taste of Arugula.  Now I am in a role of making salad dressings with different fruits or veggies or what ever comes to my mind.  I will definitely be posting more.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups baby arugula
• ½ of a small fennel bulb
• 6 grape tomatoes
• 1 ripe avocado
• 1 very ripe kiwi fruit
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• ½ teaspoon champagne vinegar
• ½ teaspoon honey
• Salt and ground black pepper
• Toasted almonds for topping

Method:

• To make the salad dressing, peel and roughly cut kiwi. Put cut kiwi, vinegar, honey, and salt and pepper in a food processer and puree until smooth.
• Thinly slice fennel bulb and just roast for five minutes without any oil in an oven toaster
• Quarter cherry tomatoes. Peel and cut avocados into thick slices.
• Add all the salad ingredients into a large bowl and add prepared salad dressing and mix well
• Divide into 2 salad bowls
• Top with toasted almonds
• Yields: 2 servings

Tagged: almonds, arugula, avocado, cherry tomato, fennel, Kiwi, Vinegar