Do you find it difficult to find healthy snacks during the winter? Then this is for you. A wonderful, healthy mix of winter fruits with a light, chia, ginger and thyme-infused dressing.
How pretty is that bowl of deliciousness? And who says summer gets to have all of the fun, delicious fruit salads? Not me.
This salad is packed with vitamins, nutrients, fiber and antioxidants too. And the dressing? You will want to pour it on EVERYTHING. Trust me.
I’ve made this several times now and although the thyme looks really pretty laying across the salad, it tastes better when you finely chop it and add it to the dressing. But I do appreciate its beauty. Really I do. But did I mention how amazing this dressing is?
I love taking advantage of all the scrumptious winter fruits out there. The blood oranges have been spectacular. And I love a good ol’ ruby red grapefruit any time of the year.
Winter Fruit Salad with Ginger Chia Dressing
Ingredients
- 6 kiwis peeled and sliced
- 2 grapefruit peeled and segmented
- 2 blood oranges peeled and segmented
- 4 clementines peeled and segmented
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
- 2 pears sliced
- Dressing:
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger minced
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme minced
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
Instructions
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Place all fruit in a large bowl.
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Place ingredients for dressing in a jar. Shake well.
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Pour over fruit and mix well. Serve immediately.
Easy peasy and totally healthy. I hope you like it!
Lauren, I absolutely am in love with your salad. I love that you added chia and fresh ginger to the dressing. This looks absolutely stunning and delicious!
Thanks so much Kristen!
ohmygawsh – That dressing sounds absolutely divine! It is so refreshing and has a good healthy kick to it too and your photos are mind blowingly GORGEOUS!
Thanks so much Shashi!
This salad is beautiful! All the flavors and colors make me want it right now! And that dressing is incredible!
Thank you Bethany!
I’m so into chia seeds these days (why all of a sudden lol)! What a fantastic winter salad and I’m really into this flavorful dressing!!
Thank you Lora! I hope you like it!
This is so bright and cheery on this dreary, cold, snowy winter day! Love it!
Thanks so much Ashley!
I have a problem finding healthy anything during the winter. Ok, I don’t have a problem finding it but my body doesn’t want it in the winter. However I always love fruit and could eat it year round. Love this dressing with this fruit!
This is one gorgeous salad, Lauren! I crave citrus something fierce in the winter months, so this sounds incredible to me right now.
That dressing sounds like the perfect addition to all that winter fruit!
Lauren – how stunning is this salad and that dressing – oh my heavens – it sounds divine! You are right – I would want this dressing on everything!
Seriously Lauren this salad is gorg! I wanna just eat it all up with a big side of that dressing 🙂
That looks so refreshing. I’m digging that dressing.
Thanks Paula!
This looks freaking amazing. I could eat this all the live long day. Not only healthy and yummy, but it’s super pretty.
Thanks Kim!
Such a pretty salad! And the dressing sounds delicious. Pinned!
Thank you Leia!
That ginger chia dressing is to die for! I’m salivating over here!
Love that chia dressing!
Gorgeous! And the dressing sounds fantastic!!!
I love pretty food like this! How could you not be happy eating this salad?!
Such a pretty salad and that dressing sounds incredible!
this salad is gorgeous!!!!
Made this over the weekend. It was the most involved thing I could muster the will to get involved in, for I managed to catch a cold just in time for my weekend (probably best, though, honestly). I can’t stand pith on my fruit, so this was a rather involved process… Took me hours to clean off all the fruit (those grapefruits were particularly stubborn). I also learned what a peculiar and unique smell rotten kiwi possesses… One of my pears still wasn’t ripe, even after 5 days in a bag with 3 ginormous apples. So it was a little on the tough side to cut up. But this is the first time I’ve done anything with… any of this fruit other than eat it straight. I’ve never even bought blood oranges before (I knew they were dark red, but I was still shocked when I pulled the peel off! lol). I pretty much don’t work with fresh herbs ever, ’cause I end up spending money on a bunch and use just a little (a common plight, it seems). So I really don’t know how to handle ’em. Here, are you supposed to strip the leaves off the stem and just use the leaves? That’s what I did. Hopefully that’s right… lol This made way more salad than I expected it to, so I had to transfer it to my big mixing bowl to be able to mix it without stuff going everywhere.
Anyway, this was surprisingly tasty! I’m not sure it was worth the work I put into it, but if someone offered it to me I would totally eat it like crazy. It’s got a bizarre taste unlike anything I’ve ever had, probably because of that dressing. I’m not used to lime juice, ginger, or thyme–especially not mixed together like that. lol I found the pear and blood orange mixed into a pleasant third flavor when eaten together. It was a fine meld. Though I’m not terribly surprised, I’m sad at the lack of longevity this all has. It’s day two and looks like a mess, which I don’t mind, but the pear’s gone to mush and has become too much like rotten fruit in taste and texture for my boyfriend to enjoy it anymore. I might just have to put the rest of it out of its misery tonight… Shucks. So this has gotten to a ridiculous length, so I’ll just hurry to the part where I say “Thank you!” for the awesome recipe!
I love this dressing! So many uses for sure!