Green Fruit Salad - A Fresh And Vibrant Healthy Dessert

Looking for a delicious and healthy dessert option? This green fruit salad is packed with fresh ingredients and bursting with flavour.

Why You'll LOVE Fruit Plates For Dessert

Easy To Make - we love fruit plates, they're so easy to throw together, just wash and chop, that's it!

Encourages Healthy Choices - I'm not saying swap this green fruit salad in for dessert every night of the week, but, serving fruit for dessert or as a snack, just helps kids (and you) to make healthier choices, some of the time.

Portable - you can grab a handful of this green fruit salad, and put it in a little fruit pot for taking for packed lunch or eating on the go.

Green Fruit Salad Recipe

Makes – 4

Prep Time – 20 minutes 

Total Time – 20 minutes

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Equipment Needed

• Chopping board
• Vegetable knife
• Lemon juicer
• Bowl

Green Fruit Salad Ingredients

All the green fruits you need to make our delicious easy green fruit salad recipe

• 2 apples
• ½ honeydew melon
• 2 pears
• 4 kiwi
• 1 bunch green grapes
• 2 limes - juiced

How To Make Green Fruit Salad 

You'll love how simple fruit plates are to throw together, and just how fresh and pretty they look

Step One - juice the limes

• Juice the limes using the juicer and pour the juice into a shallow bowl.

Step Two - slice the apples and pears

• Slice the apples and pears and toss them in the lime juice, this helps to stop the fruit from turning brown as quickly.

Step Three - prepare the honeydew melon

• Slice the melon into wedges and remove the seeds.

Step Four - prepare the kiwi

• Peel and slice the kiwi.

Step Five - serve the green fruit salad

• Arrange all the fruit in a bowl or on a plate or platter and serve. You can sprinkle over some chopped fresh mint if you've any to hand.

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Recipe Tips And Ingredient Swaps 

Green Fruits

There's loads of different green fruits to choose from when building your green fruit salad - try any of the following

• Apples
• Pears
• Green grapes
• Kiwi fruit
• Avocados
• Star fruit
• Green grapes
• Honeydew melon
• Cantaloupe melon
• Limes
• Mexican sour cucumber (sometimes called cucamelons)
• Gooseberries
• Cucumbers

How To Stop Apples Turning Brown In Fruit Salad

The best way to slow down apples and pears from browning in a salad is to toss them in lemon or lime juice.

Can You Put Lemon Juice On Fruit Salad

You can add lemon juice or lime to a fruit salad, it helps to stop the fruit browning, and adds a little extra zesty flavour. We use lime juice in our green fruit salad.

How To Store Fruit Salad 

You can store this fruit salad in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2-3 days.

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