Apple, Strawberry, Lettuce, and Cashew Salad

Tart apples, sweet strawberries on a bed of lettuce, with cashews for crunch, all dressed in red wine vinegar and olive oil.

Apple and Cabbage Salad

A delightfully tart apple and cabbage salad dressed with red wine vinegar and chives, and a sprinkling of black grapes with some leftover peppers.

Apple and Cabbage Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 tart apple (I used Granny Smith)
• 2 cups of shredded cabbage
• 1 cup black grapes
• 1/2 red and green peppers
• 1 1/2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon chives

To make:

• Chop your apple and cabbage. I soaked my apples in lime juice so that it doesn't go brown.
• Dress the cabbage with the red wine vinegar.
• Add to the apple, grapes and peppers.
• Finish off with a dash of finely chopped chives.

Fig, Apple, and Roquette Salad

I had this for lunch yesterday. One tip though - any dressing with maple syrup should be added right before you are about to eat your salad or your salad leaves start to wilt. My salad was fine for about 4 hours, but by 7 hours, it was begging for mercy.

Ingredients:

• 2-3 cups of roquette lettuce/arugula
• 2-3 figs
• 1/2 an apple
• 1 cup of red and green peppers

Dressing

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons of maple syrup
• Teaspoon of fresh rosemary, finely chopped
• Half a teaspoon of sumac powder

To make:
Chop the veggies and fruits into bite sized morsels.

Combine in a bowl.

Make a salad dressing with the dressing ingredients.

Pour over the salad when you want to eat the salad.

Lettuce, Apple, and Cucumber Salad

Inspired by my salad yesterday, today, too, I made a salad with hitherto unused ingredients - apples and cucumbers. You can prevent apples from going brown after you cut them by rubbing some lemon/lime juice on them.

Lettuce, Apple, and Cucumber Salad

Ingredients:

• 2 cups iceberg lettuce, chopped finely
• 1/2 a large apple, chopped
• 1 cucumber, sliced (skin on)
• 2 tablespoons black olives, chopped
• Handful of mint
• Tablespoon of olive oil
• Juice of two limes
• Handful of fennel leaves
• Handful of walnuts

To make:

• Chop and mix all the veggies.
• Juice the two limes - The juice of one of them will be poured over the chopped apples to prevent them from going brown.
• The juice of the other lime will be combined with the olive oil to make a dressing.
• Pour over the salad.
• Garnish with walnuts, mint and fennel leaves.