Fruit salad recipes can be especially good for you – or NOT! And most are NOT! Here you'll find a healthy fresh fruit salad recipe, rich in antioxidant fruits, for every occasion.
These five delicious, nutritious, sugar-free, low fat, low calorie fruit salad recipes are rich in high fiber foods from the fruit list, with all of the many benefits of antioxidants.
The foods high in antioxidants in these fruit salad recipes have been proven to slow down the aging process, prevent and even reverse cancer and heart disease and strengthen the immune system. Plus each fresh fruit salad recipe is so very yummy! Over the Rainbow Fresh Fruit Salad
Ingredients:
- 3 C mixed berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries)
- 2 C seedless grapes (red or green)
- 2 crisp sweet apples
- 3 peaches, nectarines or 6 apricots
- 2 bananas, sliced thin
- 1 C freshly squeezed orange juice (3 Valencia oranges)
- Nutmeg (optional)
- Chop fruit and mix gently in large bowl.
- Pour fresh orange juice over fruit, stir and refrigerate.
- Serve with dash of nutmeg.
Cinnfull Apple Fruit Salad Recipe
This fresh fruit salad recipe has a traditional creamy cinnamon apple flavor, without the high calories, fat and sugar of most cinnamon apple desserts.
Ingredients:
- 4 crisp sweet apples
- 2 bananas, sliced thin
- 2 sweet pears
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 cup unsweetened apple juice
- 1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- ¼ tsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- Sliced roasted almonds (optional)
- Pour raisins into juice and refrigerate overnight. Also refrigerate all uncut fruit overnight.
- Chop fruit shortly before serving and mix in large bowl.
- Fold in yogurt, lemon juice, apple juice with raisins, vanilla and cinnamon.
- Sprinkle each serving with sliced almonds.
Calories: about 135 per cup (add 45 calories for 1 Tbs. sliced almonds).
Fresh and Tangy Fruit Salad Recipe
This light and refreshing fruit salad is great all by itself (or sprinkled with walnuts) at breakfast or any other time you want a fresh and tangy taste treat.
Ingredients:
- 3 medium red or pink grapefruits, peeled and sectioned
- 3 medium crisp sweet apples
- 2 sweet pear
- Chopped walnuts (optional)
- Cut fruit and mix in large bowl.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Top each serving with chopped walnuts.
Calories: About 90 per cup (add 50 calories for 1 Tbs. chopped walnuts)
Tropical Paradise Fruit Salad
Add a taste of paradise with this delicious tropical fresh fruit salad recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 peeled, cored pineapple (3 cups diced)
- 3 mangos (3 cups)
- 2 papaya (2 cups)
- 3 ripe kiwi
- 2 C sliced strawberries
- 2 bananas, sliced thin
- 1 juiced Valencia orange (about 1/3 cup)
- Unsweetened shredded coconut (optional)
- Squeeze orange and make a sauce in blender by mixing orange juice with 1 cup chopped strawberries and 1 cup chopped mango.
- Peel, chop and mix rest of fruit in large bowl. Pour sauce over fruit and mix.
- Sprinkle coconut over each serving.
Calories: about 115 per cup (add 35 calories for 1 Tbs. shredded coconut)
Rich and Dreamy Fruit Salad
Besides high fiber antioxidant fruits, this rich, creamy and delicious fresh fruit salad recipe adds some valuable protein and calcium to your fruit delight.
Ingredients:
- 4 cups blueberries or mixed berries
- 6 sweet ripe peaches, nectarines or 12 apricots
- 4 bananas, sliced thin
- 2 cups low-fat or non-fat yogurt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- Chopped pecans (optional)
- Combine fruit in large bowl.
- Fold in yogurt, cover and refrigerate until served.
- Sprinkle with pecans or low-fat granola.
Calories: about 130 per cup (add 55 calories for 1 Tbsp. chopped pecans)
Notes for Fresh Fruit Salad Recipes
- Buy organic fruit whenever possible.
- Thaw any frozen fruit overnight in fridge.
- Fresh fruit salad doesn't keep long, but recipes are easy to cut in half.
- Apples, bananas and pears turn brown fast unless citrus is included in the recipe.
- Be sure to enjoy these heavenly fresh fruit salad recipes!
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