Winter Fruit Salad with Honey-Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

Need a fruit dish idea for your winter gathering?  This Winter Fruit Salad is a nice seasonal option using kiwi, mandarins, apples, pomegranates and pears glazed with a refreshing honey-lemon poppy seed dressing.

When asked to bring a fruit dish to a winter event, do you sometimes get stumbled like I do?  My first thought when someone asks me to bring fruit is a bowl of cut up strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, etc.  It hasn’t been often where I’ve been asked to bring fruit during the winter, and this year I needed easy fruit dish ideas for a couple of gatherings.  My go-to ended up being this Winter Fruit Salad.

The hardest part of this recipe is cutting up the fruit, but that isn’t really even all that hard.  If you’re curious if you should peel the apples and pears — don’t.  I never do for this.  It would take up way too much and it’s not necessary at all.  Just wash, dice and drop in the bowl!

The pomegranates really dress up this dish!  They are so beautiful!  Do not be intimidated by pomegranates.  I have a step-by-step post of how you cut into these wonderful fruits.

This fruit salad was a big hit for all.  It is so simple to put together and can last a few days in the fridge.  I do recommend waiting until just before serving to pour in the dressing, but it will still keep as leftovers for a few days even with the dressing on.

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Winter Fruit Salad with Honey-Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

Need a fruit dish idea for your winter gathering? This Winter Fruit Salad is a nice seasonal option using kiwi, mandarins, apples, pomegranates and pears glazed with a refreshing honey-lemon poppy seed dressing.

Course Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish

Prep Time 30 minutes

Servings 12 servings

Ingredients

For the dressing:

• 1 tbsp orange juice
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 tsp poppy seeds

For the fruit salad:

• 2 large pomegranates use the seeds
• 2 large pears diced (peeled or unpeeled)
• 2 large honeycrisp apples diced (peeled or unpeeled)
• 4 kiwis peeled and diced
• 5 mandarins peeled and sliced

Instructions

For the dressing:

1. Whisk all ingredients in a small bowl.  Cover and keep in fridge while preparing the fruit.  (Alternatively, combine ingredients in a small jar and shake to combine.)
   

For the fruit salad:

1. Toss all the fruit together in a large bowl.  Drizzle with the desired amount of dressing right before serving.  Toss gently to coat.  Serve immediately (recommended), or cover and store in the fridge.