Have you caught the Hungry Girl tv show yet? It's been on the Cooking Channel and sometimes on Food Network too. I love all of her sneaky calorie/fat cutting tricks and ideas.
Her Ginormous Fruit Salad Surprise sounded worth a try and it was!
The recipe can be found here.
Do you still print recipes out or do you use your computer, tablet or smart phone right in the kitchen? I do print some recipes out but this one was easy to follow on the screen.
Start out with strawberries, blueberries and a Fuji apple.
Gratuitous fruit shots...oooh and ahhh now, will ya?
The recipe calls for 1 cup of blueberries and 1 cup of diced strawberries. I doubled it.
Pop 'em in a bowl.
Now comes the sneaky part..cucumbers! Add 2 cups of diced and peeled cukes. Have I lost you yet? Does it sound gross? Trust me...
Chop up the Fuji apple (skin on) and add that too.
Now it's time to make the dressing. Whisk up 1/4 cup of orange juice, 1 TBS of sugar and 1 TBS of Rice Wine Vinegar in a bowl.
Pour the dressing over the fruit/cuke combo and gently stir to distribute it evenly.
Cover and refrigerate a few hours (overnight is best).
Stir gently just before serving and garnish with mint if you like.
A serving size is 3 cups!
Only 169 calories and
1 Point Plus value if you follow Weight Watchers.
My kids are loving it too, the cucumber is really a great addition.
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16 comments:
This fruit salad has an interesting twist with the cucumbers. Over the weekend, we went a retirement party and someone brought a fruit salad, but it didn't have cucumbers in it. I loved it! Anyhow, I may like this version, too. I'm willing to give it a try! ;) Thanks for stopping by today!
Heather, that looks and sounds so good. Thanks for sharing and love your photos. Now you have made me hungry. I do use my laptop in the kitchen for recipes. So easy.
It sounds really good. :) Yum. Fuji apples are my favorite.
I really love to put fruit salad on my cold or hot cereal and pancakes in the mornings! I could eat fruit salad every day of my life. I will be trying this one when my cucumbers are ready from the garden! Thanks for sharing.
I love, love, love fruit salads. MMMMmm you are making me hungry and I just finished eating.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you come back when I start the giveaway for the exercise outfit. They have such cute outfits and are letting the winner choose what they want.
This looks so good. I went to the grocery store tonight to get the ingredients and forgot the strawberries. I did buy raspberries, so I'll make it with those. Thanks for the recipe and great instructions. I'll be sure to let you know how it turns out :)
Beautiful sequence of photos where we show the preparation of a perfect summer salad.
I put my fruit on a cloud of cool whip and sprinkle homemade granola on top. Oh so good! And I'll certainly have to try this with the cucumbers. Freak my family out. Ha!
saw ya at tater tots....sneaky indeed.
and looks pretty darned good!
have a great weekend
Hmmm, I'm not sure what to think of the idea. It does sound like it's worth trying out though!
Jacqueline
I like surprise ingredients. I love cucumbers! This looks yummy. Have a great weekend/
Beautiful shots! Lovely blog you got here...great recipe :)
Hope to see you on my blog:)
Sounds good, but it is frustrating that I can't copy and past the recipe.
I just love fruit salad and this looks absolutely wonderful. Thanks for linking this up to Sweets for a Saturday. It made last week's hit list. Good job!
I was just stopping by from Welcome Wednesday but now I'm anxious to read more and to try this recipe too!! Hope you can stop by for a visit too! :)
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That sounds delicious! I just picked up a box of veggies and fruits from our local farm and have both strawberries and cucumbers in it.
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