Late Summer Fruit Salad with Agave-Mint Dressing

Late-summer fruits can be lush and ripe, but are often past their peak of flavor. I like my midsummer fruit salads plain, but by late summer, fruit salads can use the help of a sauce to enliven the flavors. This Late Summer Fruit Salad recipe adds an Agave-Mint Dressing to make the fruity flavors really pop!

Late Summer Fruit Salad with Agave-Mint Dressing

Serves: As many as needed

Ingredients

Dressing

• Two 6-ounce container pineapple or vanilla nondairy yogurt
  (coconut or soy)
• 1 to 2 tablespoons agave nectar to taste
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch of nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh mint

Fruits

• Fresh summer fresh fruit as desired, cut into bite-sized pieces
  (choose from among melons, peaches, nectarines, grapes,
  cherries, berries, and whatever is available and local)
• Small mint sprigs for garnish

Instructions

1. Combine the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and mix until smoothly blended.
2. Arrange fruits on a platter. Garnish with mint, and pass around the dressing to dollop on individual servings.

• Here are more recipes for fruity compositions.

This Post was originally published on 20 July 2011.