Dragon fruit

Another first! The Dragon fruit!  We found this treasure at the Asian market along with the prickly lychee nuts, crimson plums and elegant lavender eggplants. 

The fruit doesn't have a lot of flavor, but it blends nicely with other fruits and the shells make a beautiful presentation. The salad is made from dragon fruit balls, melon, kiwi and mangos with a homemade poppy seed vinaigrette - recipe below.

---

YOUR TURN! 
The next time you go to a market or grocery store, find a fruit or vegetable you haven't tried and find a recipe for it, or better yet, create your own! You may find a new favorite!

Raspberry Poppy Seed Dressing

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 T Raspberry vinegar
• 1 T Vegetable Oil
• 2 scallions, finely chopped
• 1/2 teas. dry mustard
• 1 T poppy seeds

Dragon Fruit Salad

• Cut 1 dragon fruit in half, scoop fruit out of the shell (I used a melon baller) and save shells to use as bowls.
• 3 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced
• 1 champagne mango, peeled and cubed
• Asian melon, peeled and scooped into balls.