Pomegranate, Grapefruit, and Avocado Salad

Mom makes a great fruit salad. She wouldn't let me take a picture of HER with her salad, but she did let me take a picture of the salad in her gorgeous bowl. It doesn't sound like it would taste very good, but the flavors play together and it is surprisingly yummy. It is a bit of work because getting the seeds out of pomegranates and cutting the grapefruit sections is a time consuming task. If everyone pitches in and helps it goes a lot quicker, but it isn't something I would personally conquer on my own.

Pomegranate, Grapefruit, and Avocado Salad
3 grapefruit
2 small avocados
1 pomegranate
Cut the skin off the grapefruit and then cut out the sections. All the tartness is in the skin, so be sure to get all the skin off. Cube up the avocado, trying not to mash it too much. Bribe someone else into peeling the pomegranate. It seems to take forever and Dad is way faster than I thought humanly possible at peeling pomegranates.

Grapefruit Extravaganza

Every year Grandma Neves has sent us a box of 9 grapefruit and 12 oranges. They are wonderful, but it is a lot of fruit for 2 people to enjoy. This year she pre-ordered the fruit so that all her kids and grand kids had them this one last Christmas. At her funeral, Aunt Louise mentioned that she had made sure that she got them ordered, so this year, more than any other, I want to be sure to savor every piece of fruit.

The oranges are easy to eat but it can be hard to enjoy a grapefruit every day for almost 2 weeks straight. There aren't a plethora of recipes for grapefruit, but I am doing my best to scrounge up at least a couple. If you have been lurking around this blog and have a recipe that you use, be sure to post it in a comment!

The one I tried today is served warm with honey and cinnamon. It is amazingly easy - hardly any extra work from just eating it with a spoon. The honey mellows out the tartness and broiling it makes it extra juicy.

Broiled Grapefruit
1 grapefruit
1 t honey (or more)
sprinkle cinnamon

Cut the grapefruit in half. If you are feeling especially energetic, cut the sections so it will be easier to eat later. Drizzle the honey onto each half, and sprinkle each half with cinnamon. Broil for 4-5 minutes until top is bubbly. Watch out for grapefruit juice shooting into your eye!