California Winter Salad in Red, Green & Gold

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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    8-10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
To Life!: Healthy Jewish Food

By Judi Rose and Jackie Rose

Published 2020

  • About

This pretty salad, with its mix of tangy fruit, nuts and sweet peppers, goes well with salmon or cold chicken, or makes a refreshing chaser after a rich main course. High in vitamins A, C and folic acid — all good for heart and brain health — it sets you well on the way to your five-a-day.

Ingredients

For the salad

  • 1 smallish pineapple
  • 1 sweet red pointed pepper
  • 1 small yellow pepper
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Method

Using a large sharp knife, cut the top and bottom off the pineapple, then remove the skin and any remaining “eyes”. Now halve then quarter it lengthwise, remove the hard core from each section, and cut the flesh into 5 × 2.5 × 1 cm (2 × 1 × ½”) pieces.

Trim the peppers and cut them into very thin slivers. Cut the peel and all the white pith off the oranges then use a small sharp knife t