Winter Fruit Salad with Honey Lime PoppySeed Vinaigrette

 Vibrant Winter Fruit Salad is made with fresh apples, mandarins, kiwi, bananas, and pomegranate arils, all tossed with a refreshing honey lime poppyseed dressing. A salad on the lighter for a heavier meal. 

Just keep in mind the most important thing about a fruit salad is the quality of the fruit. You want the fruit to have a sweet, ripe flavor and firm enough texture that it won’t get mushy. Optional add-ins include raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries. The recipe is from cookingclassy.com 

Fruit Salad

• 2 sweet apples, chopped like Honeycrisp or Fuji
• 2 pears, chopped
• 3 kiwis peeled, sliced and quartered
• 2 bananas, sliced
• 1 15 oz. can mandarin oranges in water. or 3 mandarin oranges/peeled, separated
• pomegranate arils 
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries

Honey Lime Poppy Seed Vinaigrette

• 2 tablespoons lime juice 
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 1 1/2 teaspoons poppy seeds 

Directions: 

• Add all of the salad ingredients to a large bowl.
• In a separate small bowl, whisk together all of the vinaigrette ingredients.
• Pour vinaigrette over the dressing and gently toss to coat. Serve immediately.