Here's an unusual recipe that brings together a combination of fruits and vegetables with various flavours ranging from sweet to tangy to piquant, with the earthy flavour of beans and finished off with a sweet and spicy honey mustard dressing. Including fruits in meals may not be for everyone, but you will never know what you are missing unless you try.

Serves: 4 persons

Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup seeded and diced cucumber
• 1/2 cup grated carrots
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 1/2 cup diced strawberries
• 1/2 cup diced pineapple
• 1/2 cup diced papaya
• 1/2 cup diced mango
• 425g canned black beans – drained and rinsed
• 1 tablespoon coriander
• 2 tablespoon jalapeno
• 2 heads washed and dried baby romaine lettuce leaves
• 60g feta cheese crumbles
• 30g snow pea shoots
• 120g Remia honey mustard salad dressing (extra for dipping)

Directions:

1. In large bowl, toss together cucumber, carrots, red onion, strawberries, pineapple, papaya, mango, black beans, coriander, jalapeno and spring onions.
2. Stir in honey mustard salad dressing and allow mixture to sit for five minutes so herbs rehydrate.
3. Add a spoonful of fruit and vegetable mixture to the center of lettuce leaf. Repeat for remaining leaves and mixture.
4. Sprinkle feta cheese on top of mixture and garnish with snow pea shoots.
5. Serve with additional honey mustard salad dressing for dipping.
6. This fruit and veggie mixture also makes a great topping on pork, chicken and mild fish.