What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Start Smart: Rainbow Fruit Cup! As the seasons roll on, here’s a friendly reminder about buying fresh fruit. Most grocers feature fruits that are always in season, such as apples, bananas, and grapes. If you pay attention to the first ones you see as you walk in the door or in high traffic areas, most likely you’ll reap the savings. That’s one clue. If the store has an abundance of something on hand, they focus on “pushing” it through quickly, which translates BEFORE it becomes overripe. Consumers can take advantage of the prices while enjoying healthy options. Rainbow fruit simply means combining different colors for plate appeal. Keep in mind that canned fruit can be substituted at times. I like balancing out pineapple chunks or mandarin oranges along with fresh fruit. No worries. The citrus dressing will pull everything together nicely.
RAINBOW FRUIT CUP
1 cup strawberries, stems removed and quartered
1 cup blueberries
1 peach, sliced with skin removed
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons organic mango orange juice
2 tablespoons lemon olive oil
1 tablespoon raw acacia honey
1/2 teaspoon lemon citrus peel, granulated
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon cracked black pepper
Fresh mint leaves for garnish
Instructions:
Combine sliced strawberries, blueberries, and peaches in a bowl. Toss lightly to mix. For dressing, combine lemon juice, mango orange juice, lemon olive oil, acacia honey, lemon citrus peel, kosher salt, and black pepper. Whisk together until blended. Pour over fruit salad. Garnish with fresh mint leaves.
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Fruit is Yumolicious. 🍓🫐🍑
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Wonderful, Gail!
Joanna
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Fresh fruit. There’s nothing like it. 🍓🫐🍑
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So beautiful! I’ve set my oatmeal aside in favor of strawberries and yogurt, and I’m counting the days until the blueberries join the party!
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I make a crunch granola that sprinkles on yogurt and makes it irresistible! 😋🌿😍
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Oh yes, that too!
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Breakfast, lunch or dinner 🍓🍑 🍍
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Boom! 💥
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Yes! An explosion of deliciousness 💥
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You are so kind, Syl. 👏
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💛🌿🌞😌
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“I’m looking forward to the future, But my eyesight is going bad
And this crystal ball: It’s always cloudy except for
When you look into the past.” (Fall Out Boy – “Thnksfr the Mmrs”) 😁
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Great thought! 💫
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Just looking for songs about memories based on your blogs! 😅
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You. Are. So. Creative. 💕🍃🌸🎶
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I just had a mango this morning, and now I wish that I would have saved it to munch on during this delicious post. Fun fact: When I was a boy, our backyard in Miami housed not only an avocado tree BUT a mango tree as well. I had no idea how good I had it.
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When I was a kid in Miami, we used to have kumquats everywhere. 🍃🍊 Now I can’t even find a single one at a Farmers Market. What’s up with that? 🤔
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What is the world coming to?!
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I know, right?!? 😜🍃🍊
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Ahh, what a fruit salad 😍
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Right?! 🍓🫐🍑
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Fruit really does give us the gifts of colour and flavour.
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Naturally, of course. 😜🍃🍓🫐🍑
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Yum. My mouth is salivating just looks at all that luscious fruit!
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Thaaanks. Fruit is always a good idea, in my opinion. 🍓🫐🍑🍃
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Totally!
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You really are a fruit lover😆
Though nice post🤠 keep it up😉
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The best part of summer is all the fresh fruit and veggies – the more variety the better 🙂
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So true. It can be a different combination every day. 🥭🍉🥝🍒
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Fab photo…your photos are part of the reason I’ve started Roost1350…since I now photo everything we eat!
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Love it! 👏👏👏
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Delicacy 😋
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In its natural state. 🍓🫐🍑
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Fantabulous ❤️
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Cool word. Fantabulous!!!! 🌟✨💫
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This is so delicious and I love the vibrant colors!
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Fruit is such a rewarding food, in my opinion. 🍃🍓🫐🍑
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Fruit is probably the one healthy group I can sincerely say I love more than junk food and processes sugar.
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*processed sugar
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You are so right. In America, there is a lot of food made with high fructose corn syrup. I avoid it! 👀🍃
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Dig In. 🍓🫐🍑
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A little sherbert on the side would make it even better!
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Sherbet, whipped cream, or coconut Greek yogurt. Then the fruit cup becomes dessert. 😜🍃🍨
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