Heart Salad

Ingredients

• 1 DOLE® Avocado, peeled, pitted and chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1½ cups chopped DOLE® Tropical Gold® Pineapple
• 1 cup DOLE® Spring Mix
• 2 tablespoons Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette (see recipe below)
• 2 teaspoons pine nuts, toasted
• ¼ cup DOLE® Blueberries and/or DOLE® Raspberries

Directions

1.     Toss avocado and lime juice in a medium bowl.

2.     Place a 4-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter on a serving plate; fill with avocado. Place a 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter on top of avocado; fill with pineapple.

3.     Toss spring mix, vinaigrette and pine nuts in a medium bowl; arrange over pineapple. Scatter blueberries and/or raspberries around salad. Makes 1 salad.

Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette: Whisk ¼ cup rice vinegar, 1 tablespoon miso paste and 1 tablespoon water in a medium bowl; stir in 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce, 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger, 1 teaspoon canola oil, 1 teaspoon honey and 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. Makes about ½ cup.