Fresh fruit salad - wheat free recipe
Fresh fruit salad is one of the easiest dessert recipes to prepare, and certainly the healthiest. Health recommendations are that we should all aim for 5-7 portions of fruit and vegetables every day. This fruit salad bursting with vitamins and goodness is the perfect way to achieve that target.
Here at the wheat-free.org kitchen we always keep an airtight box of fresh fruit salad in the fridge so that when we get the temptation to eat something less virtuous we can have a bowl of fruit salad instead without long preparation times, which always seem to make those fattening snacks easier to indulge in because they are quicker to get in the mouth.
dietary information: | |
| wheat free |
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| gluten free |
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| nut free |
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| dairy free |
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| vegetarian |
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| vegan |
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| watermelon | ||
| mango | ||
| grapefruit | ||
| orange | ||
| pomegranate | ||
| blueberries, fresh or defrosted | ||
| kiwi fruit |
| 1. | Wash the fruit that you will be leaving the skins on thoroughly and then dry. |
| 2. | Chop the fruit up and put in a bowl or tub. |
| 3. | Serve and eat. |
Of course, you should not just limit yourself to the fruits that we have used above in our fruit salad recipe. You can use any fruits, and the more varied the fruits the more exciting the fruit salad.
We also like to add to our fruit salads: raspberries, redcurrants, honeydew & cantaloupe melon, pears, apples, strawberries, physalis, fresh dates, apricots, plums, nectarines, peaches, grapes, cherries, pineapple, redcurrants, loganberries, blackberries, passionfruit & lychee.
Remember however if using chopped banana, apple or pear you will need to make sure that they get well covered with citrus juice, either from orange, lemon or grapefruit, this will stop them from turning brown.
Bananas and strawberries also do not keep well in a fruit salad, they are best added when it is about to be eaten as they tend to go a bit soggy over time. So if preparing your fruit salad well in advance of eating leave bananas and strawberries closer to serving time.
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