Gingered Fruit Salad

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Afternoons again at work this week, so I chose to make a fruit salad instead of a more "traditional" meal. I forgot to consider that some of the fruit is almost out of season, but it still worked out okay. This recipe is from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook.

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Thoughts and Variations
I probably threw in more than half a cup of strawberries, because when I measured, it didn't seem like enough so I added more. I chose vanilla yogurt and I used fresh ginger, although when I grated it it basically turned to water on me and I personally couldn't pick up any of the flavour. I also didn't toss the apple and peach with lemon juice because I just poured the dressing over the whole thing and tossed it, which seems to have taken care of the colour issue nicely. And I passed on the lettuce leaves.

I really like the dressing and I think it complements the fruit well. I am learning that I don't really like dishes that just throw a bunch of things together that leave with no real way to taste everything at once. I like fruit; I like all the fruits in this recipe (blueberries are meh); I could have just as easily eaten all these things individually instead of mixing them together. The dressing I would make again, possibly as a fruit dip, and if I did make this salad again, I would take more time and chop everything smaller so that I have a better chance of getting more than two fruit on my fork at a time.

Tomato and Egg Salad

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From the French House website Here's the link: https://www.thefrenchhouse.net/blog/food/tomato-and-egg-salad.htm

Honestly I don't think I'd make it again. I found that the hard boiled eggs didn't work with this. I did like the dressing, though. It didn't help that the tomatoes weren't all that good and it was suggested by a friend that I may have over did the olive oil, but I didn't like the texture. I gave her the recipe over the phone and she added a bunch of ingredients to hers and said when I caller her back that it was pretty good. I also put cheese in mine. I think I'd leave out the eggs and replace them with mushrooms and maybe some other veggies, because the dressing is really good. It could be put over spinach leaves and mushrooms, maybe broccoli and cauliflower. I can think of quite a few things that would be better than hard boiled eggs.