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Winter Fruit Salad with Ginger Chia Dressing {Vegan, Gluten-Free, Easy}

January 20, 2016 by lauren.kelly 29 Comments

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.

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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.

This Winter Fruit Salad with Ginger Chia Dressing is loaded with vitamins, nutrients, antioxidants and fiber! www.laurenkellynutrition.com

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.

This Winter Fruit Salad with Ginger Chia Dressing is loaded with vitamins, nutrients, antioxidants and fiber! www.laurenkellynutrition.com
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Winter Fruit Salad with Ginger Chia Dressing

Course Snack
Author Lauren Kelly Nutrition

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

  1. Place all fruit in a large bowl.
  2. Place ingredients for dressing in a jar. Shake well.
  3. Pour over fruit and mix well. Serve immediately.

Easy peasy and totally healthy.  I hope you like it!

This Winter Fruit Salad with Ginger Chia Dressing is loaded with vitamins, nutrients, antioxidants and fiber! www.laurenkellynutrition.com

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Recipes, Salads, Side Dishes, snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian, Wheat Free Tagged With: clean eating, Gluten free, healthy snack, local produce, vegan, vegetarian



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Comments

  1. Kristen+@+A+Mind+Full+Mom says

    January 21, 2016 at 12:39 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      January 21, 2016 at 7:24 pm

      Thanks so much Kristen!

      Reply
  2. Shashi at RunninSrilankan says

    January 21, 2016 at 2:08 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      January 21, 2016 at 7:23 pm

      Thanks so much Shashi!

      Reply
  3. Bethany @ Athletic Avocado says

    January 21, 2016 at 5:50 pm

    This salad is beautiful! All the flavors and colors make me want it right now! And that dressing is incredible!

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      January 21, 2016 at 7:24 pm

      Thank you Bethany!

      Reply
  4. Lora @savoringitaly says

    January 21, 2016 at 6:05 pm

    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!!

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      January 21, 2016 at 7:23 pm

      Thank you Lora! I hope you like it!

      Reply
  5. Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes says

    January 21, 2016 at 7:13 pm

    This is so bright and cheery on this dreary, cold, snowy winter day! Love it!

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      January 21, 2016 at 7:23 pm

      Thanks so much Ashley!

      Reply
  6. Angie | Big Bear's Wife says

    January 21, 2016 at 8:08 pm

    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!

    Reply
  7. Heather | All Roads Lead to the Kitchen says

    January 21, 2016 at 11:49 pm

    This is one gorgeous salad, Lauren! I crave citrus something fierce in the winter months, so this sounds incredible to me right now.

    Reply
  8. Renee - Kudos Kitchen says

    January 22, 2016 at 2:37 pm

    That dressing sounds like the perfect addition to all that winter fruit!

    Reply
  9. Aly ~ Cooking In Stilettos says

    January 23, 2016 at 4:01 am

    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!

    Reply
  10. Nutmeg Nanny says

    January 23, 2016 at 5:23 am

    Seriously Lauren this salad is gorg! I wanna just eat it all up with a big side of that dressing 🙂

    Reply
  11. Paula - bell'alimento says

    January 23, 2016 at 10:31 pm

    That looks so refreshing. I’m digging that dressing.

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      January 26, 2016 at 7:07 pm

      Thanks Paula!

      Reply
  12. Kim Beaulieu says

    January 25, 2016 at 5:59 am

    This looks freaking amazing. I could eat this all the live long day. Not only healthy and yummy, but it’s super pretty.

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      January 26, 2016 at 7:07 pm

      Thanks Kim!

      Reply
  13. Leia @ Eat It & Say Yum says

    January 26, 2016 at 3:46 pm

    Such a pretty salad! And the dressing sounds delicious. Pinned!

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      January 26, 2016 at 7:07 pm

      Thank you Leia!

      Reply
  14. Lauren Gaskill | Making Life Sweet says

    January 26, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    That ginger chia dressing is to die for! I’m salivating over here!

    Reply
  15. Christie says

    January 26, 2016 at 11:45 pm

    Love that chia dressing!

    Reply
  16. Liz says

    January 27, 2016 at 12:42 am

    Gorgeous! And the dressing sounds fantastic!!!

    Reply
  17. Stephanie says

    January 27, 2016 at 8:16 pm

    I love pretty food like this! How could you not be happy eating this salad?!

    Reply
  18. Joanie @ Zagleft says

    January 28, 2016 at 10:36 pm

    Such a pretty salad and that dressing sounds incredible!

    Reply
  19. Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom says

    January 29, 2016 at 4:40 am

    this salad is gorgeous!!!!

    Reply
  20. Sherwood says

    February 10, 2016 at 4:29 am

    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!

    Reply
  21. Heather at Basilmomma says

    March 2, 2016 at 5:06 pm

    I love this dressing! So many uses for sure!

    Reply

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