Fresh Fruit Salad Recipe (With Mint and Lime)

This fresh fruit salad recipe with mint and lime is an excellent meal prep snack, ready in 10 minutes. You can enjoy it on its own, or use it as a topping for oatmeal or yogurt.

I feel like fruit salad has a bad reputation, especially among plant-based eaters. For years, whenever You’d go to a restaurant or an event, the only vegan dessert option was some combination of chopped fruit.

I say, it’s time to reclaim it! Now that we have access to countless plant-based desserts, including vegan chocolate chip cookies and 2-ingredient chocolate mousse, we don’t have to turn up our noses at the fruit salad anymore.

To complement the natural sweetness of the fruit, I also added some refreshing mint and lime juice. The latter acts as a preservative too, making this fresh fruit salad recipe ideal for meal prep.

Before I share this recipe with you, I just want to remind you that here at PlantYou, we don’t waste food. If you don’t have a specific fruit available to you, feel free to swap it or use what you already have.

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Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• This recipe is only a blueprint! You can use it more as a reference, and adjust the ingredients to your taste and availability.
• Making some fruit salad is always a good idea. Fruits are packed with essential vitamins and minerals such as vitamin C, potassium, and folate, contributing to overall health and well-being.
• This fresh fruit salad recipe with mint and lime is not only a healthy snack, it’s also accessible and easy on the wallet.
• If you often forget to drink water, having some fruit is a great way to support hydration. Fruits have high water content, helping maintain fluid balance in the body.

Key Ingredients

When choosing ingredients for your fruit salad, you should consider a couple of things. For instance, are you going to enjoy the fruit immediately, or does your selection of fruit need to withstand the test of time?

For this fresh fruit salad recipe, I included tropical fruit, along with some berries and mint:

• Oranges
• Pineapple
• Dragonfruit
• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Mango
• Kiwi

Feel free to add or swap some of the fruit based on your preference and availability. Some additional fruits you may consider are blueberries, blackberries, sweet cherries, grapes, peaches, nectarines, and more.

Since this is a meal recipe, I would not recommend using apples, pears, or bananas. In addition to the fruit, I used lime juice and chia seeds. Feel free to enhance your own fruit salad with nuts or seeds if you like.

Hack It!

• As I already mentioned, this list of ingredients is flexible. Use whatever you have available to you, especially if you can take advantage of seasonal fruit.
• The brightness of lime is great against the sweet fruit flavors. However, if you’re not a fan of lime, you can use lemons or even a little bit of fresh orange juice instead.
• Add some toppings! Enjoy this fresh fruit salad recipe with nuts, seeds, shaved coconut, cacao nibs, or coconut whipped cream.
• Reversely, you can also use this fruit salad as a topping for your oatmeal, yogurt, or smoothie bowl.

How to Make This Recipe

Step 1: Wash your fresh fruit and berries. Peel and chop them, aiming for similar size chunks if possible.

Step 2: Mix the fruits and the mint together in a salad bowl. Stir in lime juice and chia seeds.

Step 3a: Transfer the fresh fruit salad into a serving dish for everyone to enjoy.

Step 3b: For meal prep, split this salad into portions and transfer to clean jars. Store in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Other Recipes You’ll Love

• Homemade Healthy Granola
• Mango Chia Pudding
• Healthy Blueberry Jam (No Added Pectin!)
• Vegan Peach Cobbler
• Yogurt Parfait

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