Healthy Fresh Fruit Salad

Ingredients

6 cups of chopped fresh fruit and berries, tossed
For the mojito dressing:
½ cup of cherries, fresh or frozen, pitted and halved
1/3 cup of orange juice
1 tablespoon honey
juice from 1 lime
½ cup of fresh mint leaves, finely chopped - divided

Takes 15 Minutes, serves 8.

Instructions

Prepare the dressing: Place the cherries, half of the mint, lime juice, orange juice and honey in the canister of a blender. Zip it up to create a dressing.
Prepare the chopped fresh fruit, toss and set aside.
Pour half of the dressing over fruit and toss. Sprinkle with remaining mint and serve. Present the remaining dressing on the side.

Enjoy our HEALTHY FRESH FRUIT SALAD anytime. It sure is delicious!

We encourage you to make this HEALTHY FRESH FRUIT SALAD whenever you have a taste for fresh and healthy. The way we see it, you should make it and have it on hand every day!

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Here are a few things we consider every time we make this HEALTHY FRESH FRUIT SALAD:

FRESH

My goodness everything about this salad shouts fresh. We suggest picking up your favourite fruits and pulling them together with our suggested dressing. Wait, what? Yup, more about that in a bit; for now, let’s begin with fresh fruit – in season, organically grown will always taste even better.

FAVOURITES

We’ve made this salad with pineapple, mango, plums, pears, apples, oranges and even a combination of melons, grapes, kiwis and peaches. Hopefully a little bulb went off above your head. Making the salad with your favourites is the way to go.

Strawberries, blueberries and blackberries

BERRY LOVE

We do suggest berries make an appearance in your HEALTHY FRESH FRUIT SALAD. They’ve loaded with vitamins and minerals but we think the colour also adds a little something to the mix that shouldn’t be missed. Again, locally grown in season will bring out the flavours even more.

DRESSING

The idea for this salad started with a favourite cocktail: a mojito. I know, weird, right? Anyway, there’s something so refreshing about the combination of lime with fresh mint, it got me thinking about other combinations.

Before I knew it, I was putting the idea in motion and developed a simple enhancement for the fruit salad that gives it a bright pop of flavour. Who knew cherries, mint, lime, orange juice and a tiny drop of honey could do so much. You’ll see when you make it!

IMPORTANT: fresh or frozen cherries will work equally as well. Hurray!

BLEND IN

We’ve added a link to purchase the spiffy immersion blender used to create the dressing. It certainly is one of my most trusted and often-used small kitchen appliances.

Simply place the ingredients for the fresh fruit dressing into the canister, zip everything up and you have an instant flavour enhancer like no other. Add a bit on the salad, toss and serve with leftover dressing on the side for guests who want a bit more. And they will!

SERVE

What can we say, place this fabulous HEALTHY FRESH FRUIT SALAD in a bowl and serve it straight away. It’ll disappear in record time. Looking for some other delicious, healthy flavours to go with this salad? Try serving TEFF PORRIDGE or our HOMEMADE GLUTEN-FREE GRANOLA. Don’t forget to also check out our 1-minute smoothie and freshly squeezed juice videos on THIS YouTube playlist.

Healthy Fresh Fruit Salad with a side of the dressing

This HEALTHY FRESH FRUIT SALAD with mojito dressing is the perfect fresh fruit cocktail.

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