Winter Fruit Salad Citrus (Printable)

A bright, fruity mix featuring citrus, apples, pomegranate, and mint for a fresh winter delight.

# What you'll need:

→ Fruit

01 - 2 medium oranges, peeled and segmented
02 - 1 large grapefruit, peeled and segmented
03 - 2 medium apples, cored and diced
04 - 1 ripe pear, cored and diced
05 - 1 cup pomegranate seeds (about 150 grams)
06 - 1 small banana, sliced (optional)
07 - ½ cup red grapes, halved (about 75 grams)

→ Dressing

08 - 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
09 - 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup
10 - ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
11 - 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest

→ Garnish

12 - 2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, chopped
13 - ¼ cup toasted walnuts or pecans, roughly chopped (about 30 grams, optional)

# Directions:

01 - In a large mixing bowl, combine orange segments, grapefruit segments, diced apples, diced pear, pomegranate seeds, banana slices if using, and halved grapes.
02 - In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, honey or maple syrup, ground cinnamon, and orange zest until fully blended.
03 - Pour the dressing over the fruit mixture and gently toss to evenly coat all pieces.
04 - Transfer the dressed fruit to a serving bowl or platter.
05 - Sprinkle chopped mint leaves and toasted nuts over the salad. Serve immediately or chill up to 2 hours before serving.

# Expert Suggestions:

01 -
  • It's genuinely refreshing without feeling preachy, like a dessert your doctor would actually approve of.
  • The prep takes twenty minutes and tastes like you spent way more thought on it than you did.
  • It fills the house with the smell of citrus while you're cutting, which alone is worth the effort on a gray day.
02 -
  • Add the banana only if you're serving immediately—it browns so fast that it looks sad after even thirty minutes, and nobody wants that.
  • The dressing will pool at the bottom of your bowl, and that's actually perfect for drizzling over yogurt or ice cream later.
03 -
  • A microplane zester makes getting citrus zest almost meditative, and the flavor is brighter than pre-zested stuff sitting in a jar.
  • Toasting your nuts in a dry pan for two minutes right before serving makes them taste more like themselves and less like the background of a salad.

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