Florida Salad Recipes

Steps:

• place salad greens in lrg bowl.
• toss with onions,olives,tomatos,vinegrette˜O and parmagian cheese.
• (you want to add enough parmagian cheese to be able to see it) serve with crumbled blue cheese on side for guests to add as light or heavy as they like this is best if made immediately before serving.
• enjoy!

Steps:

• Toss all of the ingredients together in a large salad bowl. Serve chilled.

Steps:

• Microwave limes for about 30 seconds to release essential oils, and set aside to cool.
• Turn on the blender and through the feed-tube, add the parsley, chives, honey, rice wine vinegar, and fresh ginger, and blend together until a smooth paste has formed. At this point the limes should be cool enough to squeeze. With the power on, add the lime juice through the blender feed-tube, and then very slowly add the oil and water until the mixture thickens and can coat the back of a spoon. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Set aside in refrigerator until needed. (When chilled, the dressing should resemble something like mayonnaise.)
• In a large bowl, toss lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and grapefruit with enough dressing to coat.

Steps:

• Add boiling water to gelatin mix in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add cold water; measure 3/4 cup into small bowl. Refrigerate remaining gelatin until slightly thickened. Stir in fruit; pour into serving bowl. Refrigerate until set but not firm.
• Meanwhile, place small bowl of measured gelatin in larger bowl of ice water; stir until slightly thickened. Beat with mixer on high speed until thickened and about doubled in volume. Spoon over gelatin in bowl.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Pierce the softest eye of the coconut with a metal skewer or small screwdriver and drain any liquid into a small bowl to sample-you should have about 1/2 cup liquid. (If the liquid tastes sweet, the coconut is fresh; if it tastes oily, the coconut is rancid and should be discarded.)
• Bake the coconut for 15 minutes then transfer to a folded towel on a work surface. Using the back of a knife or a cleaver, crack the shell open. Break the shell into large pieces and use a strong knife to carefully remove the flesh from the shell. Using a vegetable peeler, remove the brown skin then shave the coconut into thin strips-you should have about 4 cups shaved coconut. Reserve 2 cups for the ambrosia salad; wrap and freeze the remainder for another use. DO AHEAD: Coconut shavings can stored, in an airtight container, in the refrigerator up to 1 week or frozen up to 3 months.
• Using a serrated knife, cut the peel off the grapefruits and oranges. Cut the fruit crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick rounds then cut the rounds into bite-size pieces. Transfer to a large bowl; add the pineapple, kumquats, pomegranate seeds, 2 cups coconut shavings, 1/2 cup coconut juice, and the apple juice, and toss gently to combine. Serve at room temperature or chilled. DO AHEAD: Florida Ambrosia Salad can be prepared ahead and stored, covered, in the refrigerator up to 8 hours.