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How to Make a Sweet and Healthy Fruit Salad Recipe

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How to Make a Sweet and Healthy Fruit Salad Recipe

This is such a refreshing fruit salad recipe that you'll want to have it every summer! It combines crisp, fresh fruit with crunchy almonds (which are loaded with vitamin E and magnesium). Fragrant spices and creamy yogurt are mixed throughout. What more could you want in a healthy salad that seems more like a treat than a side dish? This fruit salad is the perfect recipe to make for a backyard barbeque or as a healthy dessert when you are craving something sweet.

Fruit Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 red delicious apples
  • 1 sliced banana
  • 1 Granny Smith apple
  • 2 bartlett pears
  • 1/2 pound red grapes
  • 1/2 cup almond slivers, toasted
  • 1 cup vanilla yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider

Directions:

1. Wash and core apples and pears, peeling if desired. Cut into one-inch chunks.

2. Slice a banana into 1/2″ thick slices. Wash grapes and cut them in half.

3. Combine fruits and almonds in a salad bowl.

4. Mix yogurt with spices and cider. Pour over fruit salad and stir to coat fruits evenly. Chill.

If desired, you can throw in some raisins to the mix or even add other types of nuts such as walnuts and pecans. If you're looking for more tasty salad recipes to bring to your next potluck or outing, try our refreshing cucumber salad or our sweet and crunchy ambrosia salad. Enjoy!

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