If you’ve seen only a few of my posts here on Steemit, you might know that I am a big fan of fruits. Let it be bananas, pineapple, mangos, dragonfruit or blueberries - I adore them all! So this week’s theme is a bit overwhelming for me, how to choose single items from my favorite fruit group to make a salad, since I am already super excited about the sole taste of every one of them?
Well, I figured keeping it simple is the best way to let the fruity flavors shine for itself.
For me, a fruit salad doesn’t need any creamy dressing or crunchy toppings and especially no additional sweetness. Nevertheless, in the kitchen as well as in life, I get bored by all creamy and sweet, so I played around with the textures and flavor nuances instead.
Sweet and soft papaya, juicy pineapple with its distinct texture, fresh and crunchy guava and not to forget the candy-like, creamy banana. The mint leaves add some further lightness to the salad and to balance the rich sweetness, I sprinkled some lemon juice on top. This way a plain fruit salad becomes an adventurous ride.
- pineapple
- papaya
- guava
- banana
- mint leaves
- lemon juice
My fruity mixture probably gives you a hint that I am in the tropics right now, Malaysia to be exact. The produce I used is mostly from a nearby farm and grew without the use of any chemical pesticides, under the love and care of a very considerate farmer.
We had the pleasure to get to know him and he even gave us a tour around one of his farms last weekend, where we learned so much about all his farming techniques and the perks of various banana varieties and types of pineapple. Nowadays, we rarely know where our food actually comes from and it was really liberating for me to see how my daily fruit meals get ripe and juicy in a very natural way.
I hope that you also value the amazing flavors of simple fruits and that the natural colors of these beauties make your taste buds get excited. It’s summer in the Northern hemisphere and right now there’s just no better way to fuel yourself with all the fresh produce that is flooding the markets. Enjoy nature’s best!
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Have a wonderful day and a fruitful journey ahead!
Yours, Anais
Nomadic adventuress since 2018 | Raw foodie | Health enthusiast | Minimalist | Freedom seeker | Passionate believer in a life full of bliss.
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Wasn't this the perfect theme for you, my raw foods friend? 😃👍🏻
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Absolutely 😁 Thanks for stopping by!
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Wonderful presentation, really creative to serve your fruit salad in a fruit! 👍 Homemade fruit salads are the best, so fresh and tasty! Perfect for fruit lovers like us! 😊 I can't believe that as a child I enjoyed those store-bought fruit cocktails, you know those canned ones in sugary water? Anyway, they're so sweet, all you can taste is the sugar, which doesn't do any justice to all the fruits... Homemade is the way to go nowadays! 😋
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Thank you, Jasmin! Phew, the ready-made fruit salads are the worst 😄 I only know them from flights, where they love to serve them along with a vegan meal combo. The only canned fruit I enjoyed a lot were peaches, but fortunately I now really value the real stuff ☺️
So true, and I can totally understand when people who are only used to those kind of fruits might find the natural ones boring, not sweet enough - such a sad development. I'd love for everyone to taste fruits like we do 💚
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Looks so fresh and delicious! I'm drooling over all the juicy fruit in this round of the contest! I'm always a fan of a little mint in a fruit salad, too. Really just brings everything together with that little extra flavor. 😋
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Thank you! Same for me, pictures of fruits are always so attractive to me ☺️ Mint and cinnamon are two ingredients that can make a sweet meal a nudge more exciting!
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I love fresh mint in a fruit salad! It sets off the sweetness so beautifully.
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Absolutely, thank you ☺️
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Tropical fruits are my favorite and as usual you have displayed them wonderfully and I love that you put mint on them.
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Thank you, Carolyn! I love to use fruits as a bowl - feels so natural ☺️
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Makes all the sense in the world.
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thank you for the post, now I understand how much more fruit I have not tasted 😊
mint is my favorite herb, I have a constant craving for it 😊
what a beautiful handwriting you have 👍
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Mint is truly a good one, I could put basil into anything really - chives is also one of my favorites ☺️ Aww, thank you! I often heard that it looks too much in line to be written by hand 😁
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to basilica I still can not get used to it) Well, I'll return to it later, the tastes change)
my new love this summer - onion with a white peel, its taste is much more gentle than that of a traditional onion) I now add it to all salads)
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You should try wild basil some time, the taste is different than the conventional one and it makes every dish just WOW! Onions are also a regular in my salads, but I mostly go for the red ones. Maybe this is just because the look more flavorful but to me they seem to be more delicious 😁
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wild basil - I did not even hear of it)
I used to also like purple onions because of the beautiful color)
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