Citrus & Mint Fruit Salad highlights late winter and early spring citrus along with kiwi fruit – all naturally sweet and tart fruits with just a hint of mint. A light, bright start to your day or afternoon snack!
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When I got a big box of fresh produce from #SpringSweetsWeek sponsor Melissa’s Produce, I knew I wanted to share a recipe that would really allow the fresh fruit to shine. The late winter and early spring produce was just gorgeous – juicy grapefruit and sweet mandarin oranges, more exotic kumquats and kiwi berries, rainbow carrots…. it was so inspiring! After the family sampled the kumquats and kiwi berries – new fruit for all of us – I started contemplating how I could best highlight the fresh fruit, at the peak of it’s freshness.
Enter this Citrus & Mint Fruit Salad. It’s barely a recipe, but a plating of beautiful, seasonal fruit and garnished with a little bit of mint. This is one spring sweet that has no added sugar – just natural sugar from the fruit.
Recipe Notes for Citrus & Mint Fruit Salad
- Substitutions: You can really use any in season citrus fruit you’d like in this salad. The combination below is pretty well balanced – part sweet, part tart. If you can’t find kiwi berries, peel and slice regular kiwi for that sweetness.
- Tip: Fresh herbs, to include mint, freeze amazingly well. Whether you bought mint for this recipe or have some growing in a garden, I highly recommend washing, mincing, and storing in a ziplock baggie or airtight container for future use in cocktails (like this Blackberry Tequila Cooler or a Raspberry Mojito), agua fresca, or popsicles.
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Citrus & Mint Fruit Salad
Citrus & Mint Fruit Salad highlights late winter and early spring citrus along with kiwi fruit - all naturally sweet and tart fruits with just a hint of mint. A light, bright start to your day or afternoon snack!
Ingredients
- 1 pink grapefruit
- 2 mandarin oranges
- 4 oz. kiwi berries
- 3 oz. kumquats
- 1 Tbs. coarsely chopped fresh mint
Instructions
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Cut off peel and pith from grapefruit and mandarins. Slice fruit into rounds, about 1/4 an inch thick.
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Next, slice kiwi berries and kumquats into halves or third.
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Arrange fruit on a serving plate. Sprinkle with chopped mint.
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Serve immediately or refridgerate until serving.
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