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California persimmon salad a colorful mix for holidays

Recipe: Fresh fruit, greens combine in this healthy side dish

Sacramento Digs Gardening
BY Debbie Arrington PUBLISHED NOV 18, 2018

Beautiful fall produce makes a colorful California salad.
(Photos: Debbie Arrington)

Give your Thanksgiving feast (or other holiday get-togethers) a distinctive sense of place as well as season with this very California salad.

Besides featuring such local favorites as fresh Fuyu persimmons and pomegranates, this salad is as colorful as it is tasty. California-grown dates, almonds and raisins add texture and contrast to the gem-bright fruit, set off by a bed of mixed baby greens fresh from the garden (or farmers market).

Pomegranate balsamic vinegar gives the dressing a fruity note, too.

Expecting a crowd? This recipe can be easy doubled, tripled or more.

California persimmon salad
Makes 4 servings

1 large Fuyu persimmon, peeled and thinly sliced
1/3 cup pomegranate seeds
1/4 cup chopped dates
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped almonds
3 cups fancy mixed baby greens, washed and roughly chopped

For vinaigrette:
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (preferably pomegranate)
1/4 teaspoon sugar
Salt and pepper to taste

In a large bowl, put persimmon, pomegranate seeds, dates, raisins, almonds and greens. In a jar or small bowl, combine olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper; shake or whisk until blended.

Drizzle vinaigrette over salad ingredients. Toss to coat. Serve.

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Survey your garden after the May 4 rainstorm. Heavy rain and gusty winds can break the neck of large flowers such as roses. Also:

* Keep an eye on new transplants or seedlings; they could take a pounding from the rain.

* Watch out for powdery mildew. Warmth following moist conditions can cause this fungal disease to “bloom,” too. If you see a leaf that looks like it’s dusted with powdered sugar, snip it off.

* After the storm, start setting out tomato transplants, but wait on the peppers and eggplants (they want warmer nights). Pinch off any flowers on new transplants to make them concentrate on establishing roots instead of setting premature fruit.

* Trim dead flowers but not leaves from spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils and tulips. Those leaves gather energy to create next year's flowers. Also, give the bulbs a fertilizer boost after bloom.

* Pinch chrysanthemums back to 12 inches for fall flowers. Cut old stems to the ground.

* Mulch around plants to conserve moisture and control weeds.

* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, radishes and squash.

* Plant onion sets.

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* Plant perennials and dahlia tubers for summer bloom.

* Don’t wait; plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.

* Harvest cabbage, lettuce, peas and green onions.

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