mandarin apple salad no cooking required
My friends Morgan and Julie often host us for dinner. Morgan is a great if interesting cook.
Dessert is always sugar free coz Julie reacts to the "other white deadly powder".
Thus with fruits from their CSA and Berkeley Farmer's market, we always have something delicious.
The following recipe is from Morgan, who doesn't really have a recipe but throws things together.
But it was so scrumptious that I have to share it.
Enjoy!
Mandarin Apple Salad
10 mandarins, peeled diced (satsuma are best)
5 apples, chopped (pink ladies are best)
1/4 cup chopped hazelnuts or sliced almonds
3 tablespoons coconut butter or dairy butter
grated peel of 1/2 lemon
juice of 2 lemons
juice of 1 oranges (3 would probably be better, actually)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon each of ground cardamom, cinnamon, and clove
I didn't measure the spices -- I just added & tasted & added more -- so
those numbers might be high.
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Morgan