Very Low Fat Warm Winter Fruit Salad Recipes

WINTER FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine the quinoa and water and bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat stirring often, until tender, about 12 minutes. Drain and cool completely.
• In a small bowl, combine the kumquats, cilantro, olive oil, lemon juice and salt. Allow to steep for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, combine the quinoa, pear and cucumber. Add the dressing and toss well. Add the watercress and toss again and serve.

WINTER FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving 3/4 cup juice.
• In a saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Add pineapple juice, orange juice and lemon juice. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Remove from the heat; set aside.
• In a bowl, combine pineapple chunks, oranges, apples and bananas. Pour warm sauce over the fruit; stir gently to coat.
• Cover and refrigerate.

WINTER FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Tip the fruits and 700ml/11⁄4 pints cold water into a large saucepan. Add the honey and vanilla, scraping the seeds from the pod into the pan. Bring to the boil. Stir well, lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes until slightly syrupy.
• Take the pan off the heat and stir in the tea bag. Leave to infuse for 10 minutes.
• Discard the tea bag and vanilla pod, tip the fruits and liquid into a non-metallic bowl and pour over the lemon juice. Stir, then leave to cool. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

SPICED WINTER FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• For the fruit: Cut the grapefruits and oranges into segments over a large bowl, and squeeze the remaining juice from the inner membrane. Gently toss the segments with the grapes and pomegranate pips and grapes. Peel, slice, and toss in the bananas.
• For the syrup: Stir together the honey, water, vanilla bean pod and seeds, ginger, cinnamon, and star anise, if using, in a small saucepan. Bring the mixture to a simmer, and then pour over the fruit. Remove the star anise, set aside for about 1 hour for the flavors to come together. Serve.

WARM WINTER SALAD

Steps:

• Sauteed radicchio, fennel and carrots are topped with chicken, walnuts and Gorgonzola in this warm and hearty main-dish salad. Serve with crusty whole-grain baguette.;
• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add pears and cook, stirring occasionally, until they start to brown, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl with a slotted spoon.
• Whisk shallots, vinegar and mustard in a small bowl; add to the pan and cook, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds. Add turkey (or chicken), radicchio, fennel, carrots and walnuts. Cook, stirring occasionally, until just wilted, about 3 minutes. Return the pears to the pan and season with salt and pepper.
• Divide lettuce leaves among 4 plates. Top with the warm salad and sprinkle with cheese. Serves 2 Variation: Halve the ingredients and prepare the recipe in a large nonstick skillet instead of a Dutch oven.
• NUTRITION INFORMATION: Per serving: 384 calories; 15 g fat (4 g sat, 6 g mono); 83 mg cholesterol; 32 g carbohydrate; 33 g protein; 9 g fiber; 548 mg sodium; 1,284 mg potassium. Nutrition bonus: Vitamin A (160% daily value), Vitamin C (45% dv), Potassium (37% dv), Folate (31% dv), Calcium & Iron (20% dv). 1 1/2 Carbohydrate Servings Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1 fruit, 1 vegetable, 3 lean meat, 2 fat
• TIP: Tips: To poach chicken breasts, place boneless, skinless chicken breasts in a medium skillet or saucepan. Add lightly salted water to cover and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer gently until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink in the middle, 10 to 12 minutes. Place chopped walnuts in a small dry skillet and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes.
• From www.eatingwell.com with permission. 2009 Eating Well Inc. Photo by Ken Burris

HOT FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Pour the applesauce, cherry pie filling, sliced peaches, mandarin oranges, pineapple, brown sugar and cinnamon into a slow cooker. Cover, and cook on Low setting for 90 minutes.

WINTER FRUIT SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Bring vinegar, syrup, poppy seed and spices to boil in saucepan; simmer on medium-low heat 8 min., stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Let stand 10 min.
• Combine all remaining ingredients except nuts in large bowl.
• Pour vinegar mixture over fruit mixture; mix lightly. Sprinkle with nuts.

WINTER FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Mix lemon juice and honey in a bowl. Add apple, pear, and dried apricot and toss well.
• Serve with 4 oz vanilla yogurt per serving.

LEMONY FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Combine fruit in a bowl.
• Use a mixture of fruit-- about 1/2 cup of each.
• For example: cut-up peaches, apricots, apples, melon, orange segments, blueberries, halved seedless grapes, quartered strawberries, etc.
• Combine water, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice in a small saucepan.
• Stir to dissolve cornstarch.
• Over medium heat, bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Cook and stir for 1 minute longer.
• Remove from heat.
• Add lemon zest and vanilla.
• Allow sauce to cool for 15 minutes.
• Pour sauce over fruit.
• Mix well.
• Chill in fridge until serving time.

QUICK WARM FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Put all fruit into a cup.
• Add custard and cinamon.
• Stir.
• Put in microwave for 30 seconds.
• Enjoy.

WINTER FRUIT SALAD WITH HONEY LIME DRESSING RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Slice the pomegranate in half crosswise. Hold the pomegranate cut side down over a medium bowl and tap the back with a wooden spoon to release the seeds. Rinse and drain.
• Add the apples, pears, clementines, kiwis, and pomegranate seeds to a large bowl.
• In a small bowl or measuring cup, combine the lime juice and honey and stir until incorporated.
• Drizzle the dressing over fruit and gently toss until well coated.
• Serve chilled.
• Enjoy!

VERY LOW FAT WARM WINTER FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 140 degrees (fan oven).
• Cut oranges and grapefruit into segments.
• place in large ovenproof dish together with the mandarin slices.
• add the dried fruit in layers.
• pour over the orange juice
• cover with foil.
• bake for 30 minutes.
• serve warm with greek yoghurt.