Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing

Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing – healthy, gluten free salad that utilizes seasonal winter fruit.   This colorful and vibrant side dish will look great on your Thanksgiving or Christmas table!  The ingredient list includes red apples, pears, clementine oranges (or mandarin oranges), kiwi fruit, dried cranberries, and pomegranate seeds. This salad is packed with anti-oxidants, vitamins – all the good stuff you need, especially in the Winter.

How to make winter fruit salad

1. Combine all salad ingredients (red apples, pears, kiwi fruit, pomegranate seeds, dried cranberries, clementine oranges) in a large bowl.
2. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients (2 tablespoons of maple syrup and 1 tablespoon of lime juice).
3. Pour the dressing over the salad and gently toss to coat.
4. Serve immediately.

Why make this salad?

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

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.
• Roasted Turkey Breast (Boneless) with Garlic Herb Butter – this is a rolled turkey breast recipe and is a great alternative when you don’t feel like cooking the entire turkey.

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.
• Honey Mustard Brussels Sprouts Salad with Cranberries and Pecans – this holiday salad  is all about crisp, shredded Brussels sprouts tossed with slightly sweet honey mustard vinaigrette, dried cranberries and chopped pecans.  One of the best Fall salads you’ll ever make!

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Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing - healthy, 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 packed with anti-oxidants, vitamins - all the good stuff you really need, especially when it's Winter.   Perfect as a holiday dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's Eve. 

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 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 silce rounds into quarters
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup pomegranate seeds

Maple Lime Dressing:

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

Instructions

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

Nutrition Facts

Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing

Amount Per Serving

Calories 196 Calories from Fat 9

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 1g 2%

Sodium 5mg 0%

Potassium 452mg 13%

Total Carbohydrates 50g 17%

Dietary Fiber 7g 28%

Sugars 36g

Protein 1g 2%

Vitamin A 9.7%

Vitamin C 80.9%

Calcium 5.6%

Iron 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.