Lunch: Ambrosia

Recipe by Barbara Chernetz The ancient Greeks referred to Ambrosia as the food of the gods, and this salad of juicy fresh fruit and shaved coconut really does taste heavenly.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Grapefruit, Pineapple

Health and fertility benefits of Ambrosia

Grapefruits are rich in folic acid. One grapefruit will give you 8% of your daily needs of folic acid. Pineapples are loaded with vitamins and minerals including vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, and potassium.

Ingredients

2 satsuma mandarins or tangerines
2 ruby red grapefruits
2 navel oranges
2 c. (1-inch chunks) fresh pineapple
1 coconut (shake it and listen for liquid sloshing)
1 sweet kumquat
1 sour kumquat
1 c. red seedless grapes
1 c. fresh sugarcane juice or pineapple juice
10 sprig mint

Instructions

Using a sharp knife, and working over a large bowl to catch the juice, section satsumas, grapefruit, and oranges by cutting off the peel and white pith, then cutting out each section into bowl. Add pineapple chunks. Squeeze juice from leftover membranes into mixture.
Pierce soft eyes on top of coconut with an ice pick or screwdriver and pour out liquid. Using a mallet or hammer, crack open shell; pry out coconut meat. Using a vegetable peeler, peel off brown skin from coconut meat and shave meat into long ribbons.
Add coconut ribbons to fruit mixture. Slice kumquats as thin as possible, removing seeds, and add to a bowl with grapes and sugarcane juice. Toss mixture; transfer to glass bowl. Garnish with mint.

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