This Breakfast Fruit Salad is an easy recipe to start the day with a refreshing, vitamin-loaded rainbow bowl ready in just 10 minutes! Bonus, this fruit salad recipe is also easy to adapt based on your fruit season. Keep reading to learn how to make it perfectly.
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:
- Use seasonal fruits – the most simple fruits are the best like apples, oranges, and bananas.
- Focus on fruits high in vitamin C for energy in the morning like oranges, grapefruits, and all citrus range.
- Add some fresh herbs like mint or spices like cinnamon or turmeric.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, frozen berries for example do very well in a fruit salad. They don’t release too much water in the dish and add some freshness.
You can top up the fruit salad with a dollop of yogurt or ice cream of choice.
Absolutely yes! Focus on low-fructose fruits like boysenberries, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, green apples, lemon, and lime.
A fruit salad must be stored in the fridge and last up to 2 days if you didn’t add any syrup or juice on top.
If you drizzle some juice or added herbs the taste and texture will change quickly.
Your fruits get soggy and herbs fade in color and taste.
I don’t recommend freezing it.
The good thing about fruit salad is that you can easily whip a large batch in less than 20 minutes.
To increase the size of this recipe, simply double or triple the batch of fruits!
More Healthy Breakfast Recipes
Below I listed some more fruit-based breakfast recipes for you to try.
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Breakfast Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 1 cup Seedless Grape - halved
- 1 cup Strawberries - hulled, halved
- 1 cup Blueberry
- 2 Oranges - peeled and sectioned
- 1 Banana - sliced
- 1 Mango - cored, sliced
- 2 Kiwi Fruits - peeled and sliced
Fruit Salad Dressing
- 3 tablespoons Orange Juice - Freshly Squeezed
- 1 tablespoon Lime Juice - Freshly Squeezed
- ½ tablespoon Orange Flower Water - or Rose water
- 1 pinch Cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon Orange Zest
- ½ tablespoon Freshly Chopped Mint
- 2-3 tablespoons Maple Syrup - optional
Instructions
- Peel the mango, oranges, and kiwi fruits. Dice them and place them in a large mixing bowl.
- Wash the berries and grapes under cold tap water. Drain the berries and grapes in absorbent paper to remove excess water.
- Core and slice the strawberries in halves.
- Add banana slices, strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries to the bowl.
- Cover the bowl and store it for up to 1 day in the fridge or serve immediately with the following syrup.
Fruit Salad Dressing
- In a small bowl, stir the orange juice, lime juice, maple syrup, cinnamon, and orange zest.
- Just before serving, drizzle the previous syrup over the fruits, add freshly chopped mint if using, and gently toss fruits to flavor with dressing.
Storage
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 day if fruits are soaked in syrup or 2 days if fruits are plain.
Large batch
- Feel free to double or triple the recipe for a large crowd fruit salad.
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