Diet

Holiday season fruit salad

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.

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