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Autumnal Chia Fruit Salad

12/14/2015 5 Comments

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Tagged With: 5 ingredients, dessert, from scratch, fruits, gaps diet, holiday, primal, real food, refreshing, salad, sweets

Favorite fall fruits such as d’Anjou Pear, Granny Smith apple, persimmon and seasonal citrus – wrapped together in healthy yogurt dressing and chia seeds for additional nutritional boost. 

Autumnal Chia Fruit Salad - Favorite fall fruits such as d'Anjou Pear, Granny Smith apple, persimmon and seasonal citrus - wrapped together in healthy yogurt dressing and chia seeds for additional nutritional boost. #fallfoods #fruitsalad #healthysweetsThis post may contain affiliate links for your convenience.  Thank you for supporting this site with purchases made through these links.  See full DISCLOSURE for details.

Are you looking forward to January 1st?  A day of so much hope for the new year.  New you.  A healthier you.  Nearly half of Americans set out to make New Years resolutions, but according to this report, only 8% are successful in achieving their goals for the new year.  Many will fail within the first week.

Thankfully, you can get a head start in achieving a healthy year by swapping out a dessert for this delicious salad.  Because, really how many Christmas cookies can one person consume?  Don’t answer.  That was a rhetorical question but we all know come January 1st, we’ll be buying gym memberships and vowing to never eat junk again.  Disclaimer: though if done right, Christmas cookies can be chock-full of nutrients (I’m thinking gelatin and Einkorn flour!)

Autumnal Chia Fruit Salad - Favorite fall fruits such as d'Anjou Pear, Granny Smith apple, persimmon and seasonal citrus - wrapped together in healthy yogurt dressing and chia seeds for additional nutritional boost. #fallfoods #fruitsalad #healthysweets

We are well into December but our farmer’s markets are still boasting Autumn’s beautiful warm hues of persimmons, pears and citrus fruits of all kinds.  This fruit salad is a wonderful addition to your Christmas brunch – all the fruits can be chopped the night before and tossed in dressing just before serving.

The addition of chia seeds gives a powerful nutrient boost to this salad making this salad high in fiber, magnesium and phosphorus (among other nutrients).  Chia seeds get extra brownie points for doing that ever so important job of absorbing the salad juices making this salad still tasty the next day.

Autumnal Chia Fruit Salad - Favorite fall fruits such as d'Anjou Pear, Granny Smith apple, persimmon and seasonal citrus - wrapped together in healthy yogurt dressing and chia seeds for additional nutritional boost. #fallfoods #fruitsalad #healthysweets

Build-Your-Own Autumnal Fruit Salad

Any fall fruit will work in this recipe though my goal was to make a quick and easy desert with just a handful of my favorites like granny smith apple, D’anjou pear, persimmon and an orange from our backyard.  I’m sure the addition of pomegranate anvils would be lovely atop this salad.  Really, anything goes.

Autumnal Chia Fruit Salad - Favorite fall fruits such as d'Anjou Pear, Granny Smith apple, persimmon and seasonal citrus - wrapped together in healthy yogurt dressing and chia seeds for additional nutritional boost. #fallfoods #fruitsalad #healthysweets

The dressing is just as simple as the contents: plain yogurt, real maple syrup and of course, chia seeds.  Feeling ambitious?  You can give a hand at my homemade yogurt, find those directions here.

Garnish with mint and it makes a beautiful potluck dish to a Christmas party.  Because those Christmas cookies do look enticing but at least you have this salad to redeem yourself from guilty pleasures. 🙂

Autumnal Chia Fruit Salad

Autumnal Chia Fruit Salad - Favorite fall fruits such as d'Anjou Pear, Granny Smith apple, persimmon and seasonal citrus - wrapped together in healthy yogurt dressing and chia seeds for additional nutritional boost. #fallfoods #fruitsalad #healthysweets

Autumnal Chia Fruit Salad - Favorite fall fruits such as d'Anjou Pear, Granny Smith apple, persimmon and seasonal citrus - wrapped together in healthy yogurt dressing and chia seeds for additional nutritional boost. #fallfoods #fruitsalad #healthysweets
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Autumnal Chia Fruit Salad Recipe

Favorite fall fruits wrapped in grass fed yogurt and chia seeds for nutritional boost.
Course Dessert, Salad
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Author Anya

Ingredients

  • 1 granny smith apple diced
  • 1 D'anjou pear diced
  • 1 persimmon diced
  • 1 orange diced
  • 1/4 cup plain organic yogurt
  • 2 tablespoon real maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon organic black chia seeds

Instructions

  • Wash and dry fruit. Cut all fruit in 1/2"-1" pieces. 
  • Combine all ingredients in a medium sized bowl and toss well with the yogurt and maple syrup. Allow to sit for 10-15 minutes for chia seeds to absorb excess moisture. 
  • Can be refrigerated up to 24 hours.

Notes

The fruit can be chopped and combined ahead of time. Toss in yogurt-maple syrup dressing just before serving. Garnish with pomegranate anvils or mint and enjoy!

Chia seeds not only absorb moisture, they also add a nice nutritional punch to the salad. Feel free to add your own toppings like roasted coconut flakes and cacao nibs. Or perhaps some candied pecans would be awesome too.

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About Anya

Anya is the founder and author behind Prepare & Nourish, a place where she shares her passion for traditional, healthy and delicious foods. She enjoys re-creating her deeply rooted Slavic recipes with nourishing ingredients all the while keeping her home and homeschooling their children. She and her husband love to share good food with good friends around their hand-crafted farmhouse table in Northern California. You can connect with Anya on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.

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  1. Joy @ Joy Love Food

    12/19/2015 at

    I love chia seeds, but have yet to use them in a fruit salad, great idea, this is so pretty and sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend?!

    Reply
    • Anya

      12/20/2015 at

      Thanks Joy. Chia seeds are so versatile, love them!!

      Reply
  2. Miz Helen

    12/21/2015 at

    Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with Full Plate Thursday. I sure appreciate you!
    Miz Helen

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    • Anya

      12/21/2015 at

      Thank you Miz Helen for the sweet words. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

      Reply
  3. Shirley Wood

    01/03/2016 at

    YUM! I hope you have had a wonderful holiday season! Thanks for partying with us at Merry Monday. Our first party of 2016 begins tonight, can’t wait to see what’s new!

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