Categories: Salads, Fruits, Side dish 
      Yield: 4 servings 
  
           Lettuce leaves 
      2    Oranges 
           -- peeled & thinly sliced 
    2/3 c  California Dried Figs 
           - Calimyrna or Black Mission 
           - stems removed & quartered 
      1    Apple or ripe pear 
           -- cored and thinly sliced 
 
--------------------------CARDAMOM CREAM DRESSING-------------------------- 
    1/2 c  Vanilla nonfat yogurt 
    1/2 ts Honey 
    1/4 ts Ground cardamom or cinnamon 
      1 tb Toasted coconut (garnish) 
  
  On four individual salad plates, arrange a bed of lettuce leaves.  Place 
  orange slices, fig quarters, and apple slices decoratively over lettuce. 
  For dressing, in a small bowl, stir together yogurt, honey and ground 
  cardamom until blended.  Drizzle mixture over salads.  Sprinkle coconut 
  over salads for garnish.  Makes 4 side dish salads. 
   
  Calories: 167         Fat: 1.11 G          Dietary Fiber: 5.19 G 
  Sodium: 21 Mg         Calcium: 122 Mg      Potassium: 490 Mg 
  Magnesium: 34 M       Iron: 1.29 Mg        % calories from fat: 6% 
   
  Reprinted with the permission of The California Fig Advisory Board 
  Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias