Sundance Salad

A Southwestern-style composed fruit salad arranged atop a bed of curly leaf lettuce and drizzled with a spicy salsa dressing.

Recipe Ingredients:

2/3 cup mild or medium garden style salsa
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
6 cups torn curly leaf lettuce
1 avocado, peeled and cut into 12 wedges
1 papaya, peeled, seeded and cut into 12 wedges
1/2 fresh pineapple, peeled and cut into 12 wedges
1 tomato, cut into 12 wedges
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 cup (4 ounces) crumbled Wisconsin Queso Fresco Cheese or grated Wisconsin Asiago Cheese

Cooking Directions:

1. In medium bowl, combine salsa, vinegar, oil and chili powder; chill until serving time.
2. To serve, place lettuce on 6 individual plates. Decoratively arrange the avocado, papaya, pineapple, tomato, onion and cheese atop the lettuce.
3. Serve topped with salsa dressing.

Makes 6 servings.

Recipe courtesy of Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Inc.