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    Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing

    By Julia | Updated: Nov 24, 2024 | Published: Oct 31, 2016 | 100 Comments

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    Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing is a healthy salad packed with vitamins!  It will make a colorful and vibrant side dish for your Thanksgiving and Christmas menus!

    Winter Fruit Salad

     

    This healthy and gluten-free salad utilizes seasonal winter fruit.  The ingredient list includes red apples, pears, clementine oranges (or mandarin oranges), kiwi fruit, dried cranberries, and pomegranate seeds. This salad is packed with vitamins - all the good stuff you need, especially in the Winter.

    Mandarin or clementine oranges, kiwi fruit, apples, pears, pomegranate seeds, cranberries, maple lime dressing

    Healthy recipe

    This healthy winter fruit salad will fill you up with the nutrients and the vitamins during the cold winter months.  It will also make a great holiday menu item, for Thanksgiving or Christmas or any other holiday.

    Salad ingredients include red apples, pears, kiwi fruit, pomegranate seeds, dried cranberries, clementine oranges (you can use mandarin oranges, too) - all of that tossed in a delicious maple-lime dressing!

    Other fruit salads

    • Fruit Salad with Grapes and Honey-Lime Poppy Seed Dressing
    • Creamy Vanilla Grape and Apple Salad
    • Spinach Salad with Fruit and Maple-Lime Dressing

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    HOLIDAY MAIN COURSES TO SERVE WITH WINTER FRUIT SALAD:

    Do you want to try something different for Thanksgiving or Christmas? Check out these 2 recipes for alternative main courses for the holidays:

    • Roast Duck – an ultimate Thanksgiving or Christmas or New Year's Eve main course! This Roast Whole Duck has tender and juicy meat, crispy skin, and it’s glazed with the honey-balsamic glaze to give the duck a beautiful roasted look.
    • Duck Breast - make this sophisticated meal as a holiday main course!

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    Other winter salads

    • Butternut Squash Salad with Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Cranberries, and Pecans - cinnamon butternut squash tossed with nuts and dried fruit. One of the best Thanksgiving side dishes!
    • Autumn Salad with Pumpkin Seeds, Cranberries, and Pecans - this delicious Autumn salad features all our favorite seasonal ingredients!
    • Butternut Squash and Spinach Salad with Pecans, Cranberries, Pomegranate - perfect healthy Thanksgiving salad with Poppy Seed Honey-Lime Dressing.

    Winter Fruit Salad

    Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing, with red apples, pears, clementine oranges (or mandarin oranges), kiwi fruit, dried cranberries, and pomegranate seeds
    4.74 from 284 votes

    Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing

    Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing is a healthy and gluten-free salad that utilizes seasonal winter fruit. The ingredient list includes red apples, pears, clementine oranges (or mandarin oranges), kiwi fruit, dried cranberries, and pomegranate seeds. This salad is a perfect holiday side dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's Eve. 
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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 10 minutes mins
    Total Time 30 minutes mins
    Course Salad
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories per serving 196 kcal
    Author: Julia

    Ingredients

    Winter Fruit Salad:

    • 2 red apples cored and diced
    • 2 pears cored and diced
    • 4 clementine oranges peeled and separated into segments
    • 3 kiwi fruit peeled and sliced into thin rounds and then cut into quarters
    • ½ cup dried cranberries
    • 1 cup pomegranate seeds

    Maple Lime Dressing:

    • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
    • 1 tablespoon lime juice freshly squeezed

    Instructions 

    • Combine all salad ingredients (except the dressing ingredients) in a large bowl.
    • In a separate small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients (maple syrup and lime juice).
    • Pour the dressing over the salad and gently toss to coat.
    • Serve immediately.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Information
    Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    196
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    1
    g
    2
    %
    Sodium
     
    5
    mg
    0
    %
    Potassium
     
    452
    mg
    13
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    50
    g
    17
    %
    Fiber
     
    7
    g
    29
    %
    Sugar
     
    36
    g
    40
    %
    Protein
     
    1
    g
    2
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    485
    IU
    10
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    66.7
    mg
    81
    %
    Calcium
     
    56
    mg
    6
    %
    Iron
     
    0.5
    mg
    3
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    Nutrition Disclaimer:

    The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

    Keyword fruit salad, winter fruit salad, winter salad
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    1. Diane

      February 26, 2023 at 7:23 pm

      Can I make this day before

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      • Julia

        March 18, 2023 at 8:23 pm

        Diane, can, but the chopped apples and pears will turn brown. You can try mixing them with freshly squeezed lime juice before adding them to the salad - that could work (or not). Either way, the salad will be delicious the next day, even with browned apples and pears.

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        • Maria Torres

          November 21, 2023 at 3:36 pm

          Instead of fresh tangerine or mandarin can canned be used?

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          • Julia

            November 21, 2023 at 6:41 pm

            Maria, yes, canned mandarin or tangerine oranges work great! 🙂

            Reply
        • Lorene

          December 25, 2024 at 5:25 pm

          I have made this a number of times. It's always delicious. I cut the apples and pears into a mixture of Fruit Fresh (2t) and water (3T). This keeps the fruit from browning without adding any flavor. I can keep it for 3-4 days for lunch. I find the flavors blend and it tastes better on day 2 than the day it's made.

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