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Simple Fruit Salad At The End Of Your Meal
By Julia Taylor-Fernandez
Simple fruit salad can be included as a dessert to complete a
delicious meal. There are times when you can eat a fruit salad
by itself, as a light, low calorie meal. For example, you may
have a had a long lunch and you do not want a normal dinner, you
can eat a delicious fruit salad instead.
If you are looking for ways to review your options and maintain
your diet and do not want to eat large meals all the time, then
a fruit salad may be your better option. You can make a fruit
salad with your choice of fruit, or you can buy a fruit salad
from the salad bar at many restaurant and food outlets.
A Fruit Salad With Freshly Picked Fruit
Making your own fruit salad, allows you to make your own choice
of fruit. If you have plenty of fruit growing in your yard, including
apples, pears, strawberries and oranges, then you can make a simple
fruit salad with freshly picked fruit and will taste much better
than many of the fruit salads you buy in a salad bar.
If you do not have space to grow fruit trees and strawberry bushes
in your yard, you can buy fruit from a food store to make your
own fruit salads. Organic fruit have the better taste and are
often more fresh as they cannot survive too long in the store.
Working Hard To Lose Weight
Most people today are aware of the necessity of a healthy, well
balanced diet. Lacking adequate nutrition and healthful menu choices,
we’re not likely to enjoy good health.
A poor diet also has a cumulative effect – as the years pass,
we are subject to a variety of health conditions which can develop
purely out of poor dietary habits. If you’ve got kids in your
household, you’re duty bound, as responsible adults, to set a
good example in your food choices.
A Healthy Diet For A Healthy Body
So, what are the components of a healthy diet? Protein, in the
form of meats, legumes or soy products form the backbone. We also
need prolific amounts of fruits and veggies. Whole grains? Yes.
A healthy diet requires dairy products and the avoidance of too
much fat, particularly the trans fats, saturated fats and partially
hydrogenated oils.
Here, we focus on the most commonly neglected component. Where
do most of us fall short? You guessed it. Fruits and veggies.
Produce is expensive and most of us are put off when told we need
5-9 servings a day in order to be adequately nourished. Check
stand shock, you know.
Veggie Side Dish May Not Contain All The Nutrition You Need
Most home cooks pencil in a veggie as a side for dinner and leave
it at that. A dinner salad, steamed veggie or a baked potato fills
in that slot. These are healthy foods, but you’re not going to
get your quota of nutrients, fiber and antioxidants with a side
dish here and there.
Let’s see what we might add to our menus, inexpensively and simply,
to nudge our nutrient quota in a positive way - and - give our
taste buds a thrill along the way.
Start Your Day With A Nutritious Breakfast
A simple fruit salad fits in to any menu, at breakfast, lunch
or dinner. A half cup serving of fruit next to a bowl of whole
grain cereal and a cup of milk makes a quick and nutritious meal
to start the day.
The quintessential simple fruit salad requires just a single
fruit. How you choose to garnish or embellish that fruit is up
to you. A couple of 15-ounce cans of mandarin oranges yields enough
to make a dessert for four people and costs less than $2!
Combine Two Or Three Fresh Fruits
A spoonful of non-dairy whipped topping, per serving, makes this
dish even more inviting. Of course, two or three fresh fruits
can be combined, such as a sliced banana, orange sections and
berries for a colorful fruit with lots of kid appeal.
Most fruits contain lots of fiber, making the simple fruit salad
a dieter’s friend. You get a satisfying, filling snack that’s
low in calories, a quick mid-day energy boost and another serving
(or two) of that healthy produce.
Berries Are High In Anti-Oxidants, Anti-Inflammatories and Fiber
If you have a health condition characterized by inflammation,
such as arthritis or Carpal Tunnel syndrome, you’d do well to
make a simple fruit salad of berries. Fresh is best, but berries
are available year ‘round in the freezer section of the supermarket.
Raspberries, Marion berries, strawberries and blueberries are
all anti-inflammatory, high in antioxidants and good sources of
fiber. Bing cherries, fresh or canned, are recommended for reducing
inflammation in the joints.
Time For A Delicious Lunch
These make a quick and easy simple fruit salad. Use a cup and
a half of mixed berries and cherries, blended with a cup of low-fat
yogurt, and you’ve got a delicious lunch! This entree sized fruit
salad also satisfies three of your 5-9 servings for the day.
Other garnishes that turn a plain and simple fruit salad in to
an elegant and chic menu item include the addition of fresh sprigs
of mint, finely minced, a drizzle of the popular Torani(R) syrups,
or a scoop of sherbet, ice cream or frozen yogurt. (A handful
of miniature marshmallows never hurts.)
Complete Your Meal With A Dessert
As a dessert, the simple fruit salad is the perfect ending to
a hearty meal, providing just the right amount of sweetness.
It’s easy to see how many ways there are to incorporate a healthful
and appealing dish of fruit into your menus. Make the simple fruit
salad the star it deserves to be!
Maintaining Your Diet With Low Calorie Appetizers
Including a fruit salad with your meals can help maintain your
diet, by controlling the appetizers you add to your salad. Many
people like to add a salad dressing to a salad with vegetables,
to improve the flavour.
Salad dressings are often high in calories. Alternatively you
can use a low calorie salad dressing or avoid adding a salad dressing,
by adding vinegar or olive oil as an appetizer to your vegetable
salads.
Fresh Organic Fruit Increase Natural Flavours
You may look at the fruit in your simple fruit salad and think
many of the fruits are rather tasteless and you need to add more
flavours to your salad. One way to add more flavour is to purchase
organic freshly picked fruit, or grow your own organic fruit in
your organic garden. Freshly picked fruit, can flood your salad
with natural flavours, cutting out the need for appetizers in
your fruit salad.
These are some of the many ideas you can use to create a simple
fruit salad.
About the Author:
Julia Taylor-Fernandez has written a number of articles on recipes, cooking, food and dieting including
Teapot Cake,
Low Carb Cheese Cake,
Healthy Appetizers,
Low Carb Dinners,
General Nutrition,
Meal Plans,
Fresh Fruit,
Nutritional Information,
Health Food Store.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.
Did You Know?
Why is there such an explosion of organic foods in grocery stores?
With medical technology keeping us living longer,
there has been a renaissance of finding foods that
are good for us. That includes vegetables, tomatoes
and animal products that are free from possibly
dangerous pesticides, growth hormones and antibiotics.
Here is more information on The
Demand For Natural Organic Food
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