A festive, composed salad of fresh cherries, pineapple spears, grapefruit and orange segments and honeydew melon slices arranged on serving dish, sprinkled with toasted sliced almonds and served with an orange yogurt dressing.

Cherry Fruit Salad with Orange Yogurt Dressing

2 cups Northwest fresh sweet cherries, pitted
1 small fresh pineapple, pared and cut into spears
1 grapefruit, peeled and cut into segments
1 orange, peeled and cut into segments
1/2 small honeydew melon, pared and cut into slices
1/4 cup toasted sliced almonds
Orange Yogurt Dressing (recipe follows)

1. Arrange cherries, pineapple, grapefruit, orange and melon on serving dish; sprinkle with almonds. Serve with Orange Yogurt Dressing.

Makes 4 servings.

Orange Yogurt Dressing: Place 1 medium banana, sliced, 1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt and 1/4 cup orange juice in blender and process until smooth.

Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: 233 Cal., 5.3 g pro., 7.0 g. fat (25% Cal. from fat), 42.1 g carb., 3.0 mg chol, 4.6 fiber and 28 mg sodium.

Recipe provided courtesy Washington State Fruit Commision.