9 and rose fruit salad Recipes

dried apricot, prunes (stoned ), blanched almond, halved (optional), raisins or 1 1/3 cups sultanas, pistachios (optional) or 1/2 cup pine nuts (optional), sugar, rose water or 2 tbsp orange flower water

orange muscat champagne vinegar (found at trader joe s), rose water , to taste, valencia orange , sliced into crescents (i don tsp bother peeling the citrus fruit), strawberries, hulled, cleaned and sliced, yellow grapefruit , sliced into crescents, red seedless grapes, green seedless grape, rose petals , cut into thin ribbons

baby spinach, chopped, head iceberg lettuce or 1 small head of romaine, chopped, sweet onion, diced, creamy blue cheese, chopped into small pieces (the creamier the blue cheese for this, the better), sweet apple , like gala or pacific rose, core removed and apple diced (i leave the skin on - it s good for you!) - sprinkle the diced apple with fruit fresh to prevent browning, pecans, chopped (you may toast the pecans, or candy them, if you prefer - to candy them, see my recipe for banana cream pie supreme with caramelized pecans), poppy seed dressing in the blender (posted separately), or our favorite bottled poppy seed dressing is marie s, available in the produce dept.

garbanzo chick peas - 1 can washed drained ., red kidney beans- 1 can washed drained, whole sweet corn kernels -1/2 can drained, dried black raisins-30 nos washed and soaked in water., pome grante - 1 cup cleaned and seeded from the fruit., cucumber- 1 peeled and diced ., tomatoes- 15 nos halved ., romaine lettuce leaves - stem removed -7 torn into 1 pieces, mint leaves - 20-25., pitted green olives with pimento sauce-15 nos, spring onion -2 stalks chopped well ., garlic-1 pod crushed, red bell pepper -1 deseeded and diced ., green bell pepper -1 deseeded and diced ., fresh rose mary or thyme - 2 or 3 sprigs only leaves to be added., pepper corns- 10-15 crushed ., dressing, white vinegar - 1.5 tbsp, extra virgin olive oil - 10-12 tbsp, sumac powder - 1 tbsp, lemon juice - 6 tbsp, salt as required, balsalmic vinegar - 2 tbsp.

blueberries, rinsed, sliced nectarines, rose petals, rinsed and drained, johnny-jump-ups (stems picked off), rinsed and drained, raspberry vinegar, flower water, salt

blueberries, rinsed, sliced nectarines, rose petals, rinsed and drained, johnny-jump-ups (stems pinched off), rinsed and drained, raspberry vinegar, rose flower water, salt (optional)

cantaloupe, honeydew melon, yellow flesh watermelon (optional, my addition ) or 1 small red flesh watermelon (optional, my addition), ripe peaches (not mushy) or 2 nectarines (not mushy), red seedless grapes, cut in half, lime , juice of, rose water, good quality honey, fresh edible flowers , such as nasturtium, rose petals (to garnish, make sure the flowers are not chemically sprayed with pesticides) or lavender (make sure the flowers are not chemically sprayed with pesticides)