Fruit salads are perfect for breakfasts during the holiday season or in summer. It’s a light breakfast option to serve after a few days of food indulgence or on hot days to hydrate in the morning. It’s a great alternative to a Grapefruit Smoothie or a Pitaya Bowl
Eating Fruit Salads For Breakfast
People often wonder if they can have fruit salad for breakfast, and the answer is yes! Fruit for breakfast is a healthy, simple, and natural way to start the day with:
Fiber Vitamins Water
In fact, fruits, compared to fruit juice are packed with fiber that keep you full for longer and reduce the absorption of fructose in fruits. It means your blood sugar level is steady for longer and you won’t feel a crash of energy after eating fruits as fast as if you drink juice in the morning. So this breakfast fruit salad is a great side dish to any protein breakfast. Of course, in order to get proteins and fill full for the day, you should also add some high-protein recipes to your breakfast plate. For example, a protein muffin or protein oatmeal is a great side to a bowl of fruit salad in the morning.
Ingredients
It’s super easy to make a fruit salad for breakfast. Just follow these three rules: The best combination of your favorite fruits is up to you but a rainbow of fruits is great for a colorful vibrant salad. The more fruit variety, the more vitamins, and nutrient variety! All you need to make a fresh fruit salad are a bunch of 6-10 different fruits.
Grapes – cut them in halves lengthwise. Any color works. Strawberries – cored, cut in halves. or diced fresh strawberries. Blueberries – Any size work. Oranges – peeled and diced, keep the juice released during the cutting process to drizzle on top of the tossed fruits. Banana – peeled, sliced into thick slices. If you have large bananas, you can first cut them in half lengthwise. Mango – peeled, diced. Kiwi Fruits – peeled, cut.
How To Make The Best Breakfast Fruit Salad
Peel the citrus, banana, and mango and cut them into cubes of a similar size. Place all the fruits in a large bowl or large serving plate, and gently toss to avoid breaking the soft fruits like berries.
Seasoning
Just before serving, drizzle some of the below ingredients on top of the fresh fruit salad:
Lime juice Lemon juice Orange juice Rosewater Orange blossom water Vanilla extract Fresh mint leaves finely chopped
I don’t recommend seasoning the salad way more than 30 minutes before serving or the fruits get soaked in the juice and softened.
