Diet

Holiday season fruit salad

November 21, 2012

This recipe created by Nathalie Regimbal, RD, is a delicious way to include fibres in your meals this holiday season.

Quantity: About 8 servings
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: none
Frig: 1 to 2 days
Freezing: none

Ingredients
  • 1 quartered pink grapefruit, cut into pieces
  • 1 quartered orange, cut into pieces
  • 1 kiwi, cut into pieces
  • 60 ml (1/4 cup) dried cranberries
  • To your liking white grape juice
  • 2 sliced carambola
Preparation
  1. In a bowl with a lid, place the pieces of grapefruit, orange and kiwi. Add dried cranberries and mix gently.
  2. Add enough grape juice to cover the fruit.
  3. Cover and let stand for one hour.
  4. When ready to serve, decorate the salad with slices of carambola fruit.
Nathalie Regimbal
Nutritionnist

Nathalie Regimbal is a dietician-nutritionist and mother of 3 kids. She oversees Manger Futé, a team of people passionate about diet that empowers those who want to feed children healthily. To demystify nutrition and diet, Nathalie gives advice on the show La Cantine on Channel V. In addition to her collaboration with Mamanpourlavie.com, you can read her articles in several print and online magazines. Among others, she is a collaborator in nutrition for Yoopa and Célébrons magazines. To make meal time easier for families and initiate kids to cooking, Nathalie has worked hard to write inspiring books: the best-seller Du plaisir à bien manger… 80 recettes gagnantes pour les familles, and the Mandoline series of illustrated cook books for children, the latest one having just won the prestigious prize of the best French Healthy cooking book from the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2010. To help with meal preparation in daycare centres, the team of dieticians at Manger Futé offers classes and coaching. Manger Futé has also published the practical guides Élaborez rapidement un menu équilibré dans votre service de garde and Élaborez rapidement une politique alimentaire. Discover Nathalie Regimbal's books: Du plaisir à bien manger – 80 recettes gagnantes pour les familles Mandoline – J’ai ça dans le sang! Mandoline – Développe tes défenses naturelles!

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