Apple & Arugula Salad

After the comments I got for my Arugula Salad, I realize that Arugula may not be so popularly known - so let me inform you that it is one of the best salad greens - I am not a fan of lettuce and I far prefer spinach and even more so Arugula as the green salad base - So please if you see some fresh arugula, make a swipe for it :) and you won't regret it - it contains none of the bitterness that romaine and often red cabbage/lettuce do -

I split the pack I got over 2 days to make 2 different salads out of them - In this recipe, I used apples - Here again, call me an apple snob, but I am not fond of any apple except the following - Pink ladies or Honey crisp - For a salad, you want an apple that feels crunchy, that is juicy, that has a thinner skin, that has a beautiful blend of sweetness and sourness - Fuji, Gala, Jazz etc are a far second to the first mentioned apples - We get the mavu (pasty) kinds in India supposedly from Kashmir - could never stand them - matter of fact, can't say I've tasted any that I liked in india - Apple to me was a cultivated taste that came with eating the Pink Ladies - Those are I believe a product of New Zealand - I could move to NZ just for these, and the untouched, pristine, intensely beautiful scenery would be just a perk (lol)
Pink Lady apples are a dollar per - but totally worth it, but sometimes you may be lucky and hit a sale1

All kidding apart, if you don't like apples, pick a fruit that pleases you and use that - I love anaar, but we do not find them here :(

For individual servings
2 cups of FRESH, washed and dried arugula (all these pack say pre-washed, but I wash them anyway, just in case
1/2 Apple (Pink Lady or Honey Crisp) with skin cut into thin slivers
2Tbsp Cottage Cheese (low fat, small curd)

 Cherry Juice-Mustard Dressing (very low fat)

2Tbsp Pure Cherry Juice (can be substituted with any other 100% juice that is available and liked)
1 squirt (bout 1/4 inch) of Dijon Mustard or other
Whip until mustard is nicely mixed into the juice
Drizzle generously over salad
Grate mozzarella or fresh parmesan (optional)
Dig in :)
This is my second recipe for Valli’s Blogging Marathon  and my theme is Salads and Soups

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