Fruit Salad

Listen, don't laugh. I know a couple who met over making fruit salad and remained married for half a century.

The lemon loaf cake was O.K. Could have been a little more moist according to my palate. My orange pound cake is better.

Fruit salad? No brainer. Kind of a sort of a no brainer.
a) fresh fruit, although a can of mandarin oranges or some sour cherries won't kill it
b) dried apricots, softened, or craisins are all right
c) no nuts, due to allergies and the fact that some people hate them in fruit salad.
d) a nice selection of fruits. I used apple, orange, banana, blueberries, grapes (halved) strawberries (halved) Lemon juice adds brightness and keeps the apple from turning brown and later the bananas, kiwi,dried apricot and Craisins, lemon juice and a little sugar. Often I pour a dash of German "Apfel Korn" into the salad. It's a light alcohol, but again, if you don't know your audience, so to speak, you may want to withhold the booze.
e) quality fruits--in the peak of ripeness
f) pineapple would have been food but it was $5.99 and the store didn't have any already peeled and cored.

Of course if no one is dieting, some home whipped cream would be a great topping, or if you are lazy the light whipped cream that comes in a can. Please eschew anything that calls itself topping. Yuck.

Especially good for "meat and potatoes" guys.