The warm weather is FINALLY HERE! Tis the season of cookouts and outdoor activities. Next time you're looking for a breakfast, snack, desert, pre-workout or post-workout idea that is not only delicious but very nutritious as well try this homemade fruit salad! This is one of my favourites!!! Sunday night, if I'm not making up a bunch of individual veggie salads, I like to make up a giant fruit salad and store it in individual serving containers to eat during the week. A typical fruit salad for me will contain... - red and green apple - pineapple (You can cheat and buy chunked pineapple in a can or I will buy it already cut in the fruit section of the grocery) - green pear - cantaloupe - red and/or green grapes - strawberries - kiwi - honeydew melon - watermelon - banana I cut all the fruit into cubes and mix the various fruit in the individual serving containers and store in the fridge. DON'T FORGET TO SQUEEZE SOME LEMON JUICE OVER THE FRUIT TO PREVENT IT FROM TURNING BROWN! I slice a banana and add it to the fruit salad right before serving to prevent it from turning brown and mushy. By making the fruit salad ahead of time it makes it easy to grab and go as I rush out of the house in the morning or am between clients and need a quick pick me up. For all those CARB-O-PHOBES... I like to add some Greek yogurt. This adds a nice creamy texture and an additional 13 or more grams of protein per serving! You can also add some nuts such as walnuts if you like. As I discussed in a previous blog, by adding protein to your carbs, it will slow the digestion of the carbs minimizing insulin spikes in the blood. The carbs are needed for energy and to fuel the metabolism of protein we consume. The calorie and nutrient breakdown will depend on this size of your servings and which fruit you add to your salad. However, no matter how you serve it, this breakfast, snack or desert is loaded with a lot of micronutrients such as potasium, vitamins A, B 12, B 6, C, D, E, Calcium, Copper, Folate, Iron, Magnesium, Maganese, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Phosphorus, Riboflavin, Selenium, Thiamin and Zinc! Add the Greek Yogurt and you've just increased Calcium as well! Whether you're looking for a breakfast the entire family will enjoy, a desert to share with family and friends or my favourite... a pre-workout or post-workout meal, try this fruit salad with Greek Yogurt!
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