This upcoming long weekend (ohhh about 8 days and counting, I,m excited already!)… fresh and rehydrating salads are going to be in high demand. You’re going to want just the right combination of sweet, tart, and substantial, without any heavy creamy or meaty ingredients- especially with all those barbecues coming up!
Toss together some beautiful raspberry grapefruit salad and wow your eyeballs. Its just so gosh darn pretty. The recipe below serves about 2 people so you will want to double it for a family of 4. Its got lovely bright flavours, a little goes a long way. I even like to eat it as a main meal – if you are nut free, throw in some toasted pine nuts instead ofthe pecans and you are good to go. You can also serve it with your favorite barbecued protein in these GF tortillas .
Note: As featured in Our Spunky Holiday at www.thespunkycoconut.com
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Raspberry Grapefruit Salad
Ingredients
- 1 pint raspberries
- 1 grapefruit de-sectioned and de-pithed (I slide a knife under the membrane, the insides come out easily that way)
- 1 generous handful of basil or mint
- 2 generous handfuls of pecans (roasted would be super) (Nut free: use roasted pine nuts, sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds)
- 2 tbsp cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp white balsamic vinegar (or white wine vinegar) (Raw food: use lemon juice or orange juice)
- pinch of salt, to taste
Directions
- Toss it all together. Thats it. Now eat!
This would go well with:
awww thank you Junia!! xo
oh my, this looks SOOO good!!!! great idea! i’ve been topping raspberries on my spinach salad lately too :D
wicked… thank you!! :) stay tuned for the Basil Beans recipe coming up… its also a family favorite, 3 ingredient salad. :)
This ones a keeper! Printed it out and will definitely be trying it out very soon!
dude! thats so awesome :D i’m glad it turned out…. oh that sounds like a terrific mexican dinner… btw, for some reason your monster avatar is making me laugh my guts out…lol…
hey! i’m bringing treats this sunday :D
I made this salad tonight for dinner – with chipotle lime shrimp tortillas and mexican rice… it was great to cool the palate after some spicy bites!