A Last Minute Salad

To be honest, this year I forgot all about Rosh Hashana, it literally skipped out of my mind.
I did not hear anyone make the blessing ” Have a happy New Year”, I could hardly find any pomegranates at the stores (actually, it took me a week an half to find them to make the soup), my mother didn’t call to consult ​​about the holiday menu, and maybe I feel homesick and I’m a bit sad I won’t celebrate Rosh Hashanah with family.

I really like salads, and the more bizarre things it contains, the better.
Dima is kind of fixed regarding salads. He mainly likes tomatoes, lettuce, carrots and mushroom in his salads . If you really want to go wild, you can add red onions, but in general the best thing to do is keep it simple.  Every evening I make one big salad for both of us. Therefore, on holidays I like to go crazy with the salads.

The following recipe is very simple, and very tasty. A salad of the last minute just before all the guests arrive.
When I was in the army, we had to spend Shabbat, after Rosh Hashana’s Eve at the base. This of course was very frustrating – because who wanted to be stuck in a military base instead of being with his family? But luckily, I had good friends: Hila and Michal.
Michal’s common sentence in every crooked situation in the army was “Don’t worry, we would bring food- it will be fun!” and until today when Dima works on Shabbat (Saturdays), I send tasty things to work with him (the guys there mostly like the challahs).
So on that Rosh Hashanah we spent at the base, we all of course followed the procedure carefully and brought food, because it was important to have fun.
Hila brought this salad nine years ago and since then I prepare it every year.

Dina's salad -Hila's mother

Print Recipe

Serves: 5 Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 dismantled pomegranate
• 1 cup of pineapple - fresh or canned
• 1 carrot
• 4-5 cups of mixed greens
• half a cup of crushed walnuts
• For the dressing:
• 4 tablespoons of vinegar
• 4 tablespoons of lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons of honey
• 1 teaspoon of mustard
• A pinch of salt

Instructions

1

Peel the carrots into thin strips with zester.

2

Cut the pineapple into cubes and dismantle a pomegranate.

3

Put all the dressing ingredients together and mix well.

4

Put all the salad ingredients together in bowl and spread the dressing on top of it right before dinner and mix well.

Happy holiday and have the most perfect (jewish) year ever🍎🍯

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