I have a bit of a thing for blender dressings, they are creamy, fresh and come together in seconds! This salad is tart and fruity, not terribly sweet, you can sub the plums with nectarines or grilled peaches. Serves 4 as a starter or 2 as a main.
Ingredients:
4 ripe plums ( I used 2 golden and 2 red)
1 tbsp unrefined golden caster sugar
2 big handfuls baby salad leafs
3/4 cup raspberries (fresh or frozen)
3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp agave syrup
scant 1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp water
a handful of pecans
Method:
Place a handful of baby leaf salad greens on each plate. Slice the plums into segments and toss in a bowl with the sugar, stir well and allow to sit and allow the juices to come out of the plums a little and the allow sugar to dissolve in the liquid. Spoon the plums onto the greens. blend the raspberries, balsamic vinegar, agave, oil and water in a blender, until smooth and pour generously over the salads and top with pecans. Simple!
Scrumptious! That dressing sounds like something I’d want to drink!
I kept getting it out the fridge and drinking a bit. its quite tart but lovely!
mhhh. glorious. I’ve got an organic raspberry-infused balsamico. would it be too much I wonder?
BTW: I’ve tried that zucchini pasta today (but without actual spaghetti – my no-wheat challenge is on). it was delicious. I’m going to explore this more 🙂 *zucchini lasagna, maybe*
Zucchini lasagne sound like the business, let me know how it goes if you try it!
I’m trying this today either for lunch if I’ll have time, or dinner. as for the “lasagna” filling, I’ll go with roasted bell paprika and grilled sweet potatoes.
Beautiful salad! I can’t wait to try the dressing…..sounds wonderful.
Thanks!
“Excuse me sir…all of my plums and pecans went into my mouth and I ate them… what do I do now?” 😉
Nectarines and flaked almonds maybe? (I find it hard to resist pecans too!)
I wish the possums hadn’t scarfed all of our nectarines from our tree… love the idea but no ingredients at the moment. We are all out of stonefruit but kudos on making me drool at 6.14am 🙂
those crazy possums!
😉
I made your tasty fruity salad & loved it! I ate some crunchy French vegan bread with it!
Brilliant! Glad you liked it! 🙂
Yeah! 🙂