The Best Winter Fruit Salad is filled with clementines, kiwi, pears, apples, and pomegranate, then tossed in sweet tart honey lime poppy seed dressing. These are all fruits that are in season in the fall and winter and when tossed with the most delicious dressing it’s a dinner winner for sure. This is a colorful healthy addition to any meal.
What to Put into Easy Winter Fruit Salad
Full of festive fruits and covered in a beautiful dressing.
- Apple: sliced and chopped in bite sized.
- Pear: Slice and chop
- Bananas: Peeled and sliced
- Kiwi: Peeled and cut into rounds
- Clementines: Peeled and separated
- Pomegranate Seeds: These are so yummy
- Honey: Adds the sweet to the dressing
- Lime Juice: Gives a nice zing to the salad.
- Poppy Seeds: Crunch and eye appeal
- Fresh Mint: Adds a nice hit of freshness to the dressing
How to Make Winter Salad
Comes together quickly.
- Combine: In a large bowl place the apple, pear, bananas, kiwi, clementines and pomegranate seeds. Stir gently.
- Whisk: In a small bowl whisk the honey, lime juice, poppy seeds and mint.
- Toss: Drizzle the dressing over the fruit and toss gently to completely coat.
Variations and Tips
This is an easy fruit salad to make the way you love.
- Bananas: Bananas tend to go brown quickly and are a very tender fruit. Don’t add the bananas till right before serving to keep them fresh looking and to save them from getting crushed by the other fruit.
- Apples: Apples also go brown quickly so I don’t usually add the apples or pears till I’m ready to add the dressing. The lime juice will keep them from turning brown.
- Chop it: Keep everything bite sized for easy eating and serving.
- Cold: Keep it chilled and cold so it doesn’t go mushy.
- Kiwis: Make sure your kiwis are ripe, if they aren’t just omit them. It’s better than having them bitter or super tart.
- Fruit variety: Use the variety of fruit you and your family like best. For instance we like fuji or honeycrisp apples and bartlett pears, but there are lots to choose from. Also feel free to omit or add fruit to your liking
The Best Winter Fruit Salad
The Best Winter Fruit Salad is filled with clementines, kiwi, pears, apples, and pomegranate. It gets tossed in a delicious honey lime poppyseed dressing and you won't be able to get enough!
Ingredients
- 1 large apple peeled and sliced
- 1 pear sliced
- 2 large bananas peeled and sliced
- 3 kiwi fruit peeled and sliced into rounds
- 3 clementines peeled and separated
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
Making the Dressing:
- 1 Tablespoon Honey
- 3 Tablespoons Lime Juice
- 1 Tablespoon poppy seeds
- 1 Tablespoons fresh mint chopped