Recipe: Fruit Salad

A healthy side dish or a light, yet satisfying, entrée or dessert, this fruit salad is a colorful treat. It’s overflowing with pineapple, strawberries, kiwi, bananas and more!

Ingredients:

20 oz.can of pineapple chunks, juice reserved

2  apples, peeled and cored

21 oz. canned peach pie filling

2 bananas, peeled and diced

3 kiwis

1 pint strawberries

Directions:

In a small bowl, toss the chopped apples in reserved pineapple juice.  Allow to sit for 5 to 10 minutes.

In a large salad bowl, combine the peach pie filling and pineapple chunks.  Remove apples from pineapple juice and add to pie filling and pineapple mixture.  Add chopped bananas to reserved pineapple juice and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes. Peel and slice kiwi and half of the strawberries.  Chop the other half of strawberries and set aside.  Remove bananas from pineapple juice and add to the pie filling mixture. Add chopped strawberries; toss together.  Arrange kiwi slices around the edge of the serving bowl and alternate with strawberry slices.  Chill and serve.

Nutritional Information:

183 calories, 2 grams protein;  0.5 grams total fat; 0.1 grams saturated fat;  46 grams carbohydrates;

5 grams fiber; 0 mg cholesterol; 15 mg sodium