Oh boy! Where has this Mojito Fruit Salad Dressing been all my life??!
This mojito fruit salad dressing is a little gift to all the Mummy’s & Daddy’s that are in the depths of the summer holidays. Especially the ones that are in need of a little treat to look forward to at the end of a long day when their little angels are all tucked up in bed ;)
* GADGET ALERT *
This whole, genius, idea for cocktail-pimping a fruit salad came thanks to OXO. They challenged me to create a recipe around the OXO Good Grips Vegetable Chopper that involved lots and lots of… chopping!
Even though this gadget has been designed (& named!) for chopping veggies, I decided to think outside the box somewhat and see how it would measure up chopping fruit. I had a perfectly ripe and uber-delicous mango and pineapple to hand and dreamt up a cheeky little dressing to upgrade it to something really rather special.
The Vegetable Chopper is really rather ingenious, especially if you have a big ol’ batch of chopping to get through. I reckon it’ll come into its own for those that meal prep or batch cook. And for my friends that have a habit of cutting themselves on kitchen knives (you know who you are!)
Easy To Use
It’ll chop all fruit & veggies into neat little squares, although it did struggle with sweet potato. Regular potatoes are no problem. Just peel, halve where necessary, and place on the metal grid blades. Pop the lid down then press down hard. The cubes fall into the chamber below and then you can just pour them out into your mixing bowl or pan through the open end. Very clever.
Washing up isn’t an issue if you do it straight away & don’t let anything dry onto the blades. If this does happen, simply let it soak a while in hot water and a gentle scrub with a brush dislodges any fruity bits.
Of course, this Mojito Fruit Salad Dressing will taste just as good if the fruits are chopped with a good kitchen knife, although I can assure you that won’t be half as much fun :)
And should you need some more cocktail-as-desserts inspiration, check out my Dark Rum Mojito Lolly, or Kate’s Lemon & Cucumber Cake with GIN Icing! Kate has officially made gin & cake one of her 5 a day :)
Mojito Fruit Salad Dressing
- 2 tablespoons white rum
- 6 mint leaves 2 finely chopped
- 3 teaspoons white sugar
- 4 teaspoons fresh lime juice
- A range of fruits for a fruit salad diced into 1/2" cubes. I used mango, apple, pear, pineapple and raspberries.
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Pop the rum, sugar and the 4 whole mint leaves into a small bowl. Crush the sugar and bruise the leaves with the back of a teaspoon until the sugar is dissolved.
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Add in the lime juice and mix well.
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Layer up your fruit salad, sprinkle with the remaining chopped mint leaves and splash the dressing around liberally!
Huge thanks to Oxo for providing me with a Vegetable Chopper to play with, and for sponsoring this recipe. Sponsored posts allow me to continue bringing you tasty recipes, for free. As always all thoughts (and leftovers!) are my own.
Jane x
Jagruti says
OMG..what a brilliant salad dressing..love this oxo gadget too :)
Laura says
It would probably be a stew. I hate the veg chopping bit but love to eat them.
Lisa says
goodness I love mojito cocktails! Awesome idea with the mojito dressing!
Amanda Biddle (@StripedSpatula) says
Love the dressing on this fruit salad! Such a fun twist and so perfect for summer parties.
laughingspatula says
Wouldn’t this be fabulous to serve the girlfriends at a luncheon! Really clever, love it!
Holly says
This is a great idea for a dressing on fruit salad! It sounds delicious! I love how the Oxo Vegetable Chopper cuts everything into perfect sized squares.
Jane Sarchet says
It’s great isn’t it Holly & it made short work of that pile of fruit!
Thanks for stopping by :)
Janie x
sarah birkett says
MANGO?
Barbara Handley says
Fresh locally grown fruit salad.
Amelia Kennedy says
I’d make a chicken and veg casserole in my slow cooker x
tracyknixon says
A chicken fajita!
Emma Swain says
A fruit salad, as they’ll all be perfectly cut! :)
pinklady123 says
Chopping onions for a risotto – hate doing it!
Dorothy Merrett says
Vegetable Soup
Alison says
I would make a nice beef stew, I hate chopping veg, this would make life so much easier.
Jane says
Cucumber, mint and lavender for butting into something exiciting
tammy_jayne says
i’d make a mango coulis
Andrea A says
The first thing I’d make with the Chop & Pour is a fruit salad.
Stephanie Tsang says
I would make a quinoa salad with onions, red peppers, tomatoes, feta cheese and cucumbers.
Emily Clark says
A salad or Caserrole! ahh it looks so handy!
Heather Haigh says
I would make a snazzy fruit salad.
Paul Halling says
Definitely a fruit salad
winnie says
fruit salad for the kids
Caroline H says
Oh that’s really clever! I’d try it out on a tabbouleh. It sounds like it would make neat work of the cucumber and peppers but I may give it a go with the feta too and see if it could cube it!
laura banks says
a fruit salad for breakfast
Elaine Savage says
I would make a giant salad
Ellen Sheppard says
I would make that mojito fruit salad, it sounds amazing!
Ellie Wood says
I’d make a mango salsa!
Emily K (@EmilyK1983) says
Probably my mum’s lasagne recipe – it involves a crazy amount of chopped veg which is hard work normally!
Matthew P says
a nice fruit salad :-))
Rebecca Elaine Pawsey says
Fruit salad
Tracey Peach says
A lovely fresh salad with dressing :)
fozia Akhtar says
A yummy healthy salad
Maria J says
The first thing I’ll make is a mixed veg mash for my little one!
Laura Jeffs says
This Mojito Fruit salad is totally inspiring, so that’s what I’d prepare first, should I be luck y enough to win ;-)
amy bondoc says
ooo so many, maybe a stir fry or stew, this is really clever and a handy thing to have !
michael rose says
I would make some sort of curry
Holly Gibson says
I’d make a fruit salad for my yogurt for the morning
Emma Nixon says
Fruit salad to go with my morning cereal
Jo Carroll says
I think I’m sold on the Fruit salad, it makes it such a lot quicker and easier to do.
Maxine G says
what a great idea! I think I’d try a chopped salad of fresh veggies to add to quinoa or wild rice
Lisa Parker says
I would make a lovely, healthy salad for my work lunches
lapsapchung says
I’d make Minestrone Soup
Heather T says
I’d use it to chop potatoes & make turmeric potatoes
helen tovell says
Vegetable lasagne
Hassina Begum says
I love fruit salad specially in the summer , so that would be it.
Graeme Macmillan says
Vegetable soup
kibbler86 says
I would make minestrone,. This would save no end of time! Thank you so much for the chance to win xx
Beky Austerberry says
I think I would make a family favourite – a stew
Alison Johnson says
I love saute potatoes but it takes me ages to chop all the potatoes so this would be brilliant & save me loads of time.
Ems says
An awesome summer salad – this would save so much time!!