Healthy Uldorf Salad with Pitaya

Ingredients:

• 1 large ripe pitaya
• 1/3 cup Greek yogurt, 2% fat
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• Juice of half a lemon
• 1 teaspoon of honey
• 0.5 tsp freshly grated ginger root
• 0.5 tsp coarse salt
• 1 small Granny Smith apple, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (core removed)
• 0.5 cups red seedless grapes, halved
• 0.5 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
• 1/3 cup coarsely chopped cashews
• 4 lettuce or iceberg lettuce leaves

Preparation:

1. Cut the dragon fruit into quarters lengthwise. Run your finger under the skin, pull it back, and separate it in one piece. Cut each quarter into 0.5 cm-thick triangles.
2. In a large bowl, combine yogurt, mayonnaise, lemon juice, honey, ginger, and salt. Add apples, grapes, 3/4 of the dragon fruit, and 3/4 of each cilantro and cashews. Stir to distribute the ingredients evenly and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
3. Place a lettuce leaf on each of 4 plates and top with a spoonful of lettuce. Garnish with the remaining dragon fruit pieces and sprinkle with cilantro and cashews.
   
   Note
   
   To determine if a dragon fruit is ripe, squeeze it lightly. The fruit should be firm, like a ripe avocado.