Simple Fruit Salad with Yogurt and Chia

Summer is the season for simple foods. With the heat turning up, I don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen in front of a stove. Adding this simple to make healthy fruit salad makes any meal better!

In fact, my usual summer menu looks a little bit like this:

Breakfast: smoothies

Lunch: salad

Dinner: homemade ice cream (healthy, of course!)

Not much stress involved, and full of fresh fruit and veggie goodness!

With fruits and veggies plentiful during the summer months, sticking to my menu is pretty easy. And in keeping with my easy menu, I like to keep my recipes as simple as possible.

This simple and healthy fruit salad with yogurt and chia hits the nail on the head.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that simple means lacking in flavor, though. This little salad is bursting with fresh fruit flavor, amplified by the yogurt. And for an added boost in nutrition, I like to sprinkle in chia seeds.

Chia seeds have become a popular superfood over the past few years due to their high content of vitamins (A, B, E, and D) and minerals (calcium, potassium, magnesium, sulphur, iron, iodine, manganese, niacin, zinc, thiamine). They are also a wonderful source of protein, antioxidants, and omega 3 ALA (Alpha Linolenic Acid), a healthy fat that protects the heart by lowering blood pressure, bad cholesterol, and inflammation. All that packed into a tiny little seed!

Adding in yogurt not only gives this fruit salad a creamy delicious texture and taste, it also provides a probiotic quality to support digestion, boost your immune system, and reduce bad cholesterol. Yogurt is high in minerals potassium and magnesium, too, and in vitamins B2, B12, D, and E.

As for the fruit, I usually just toss in whatever I have on hand. Sticking with the simple theme, I usually don’t put more than four fruits in my salads at a time. For this version, I used oranges, bananas, strawberries, and grapes. It also tastes great with melons and other berries, too.

I usually shy away from apples in my fruit salads, to keep the fruity texture uniform. But if you like to spice things up with a crisp and crunchy apple, be my guest! The sky is really the limit when it comes to a fruit salad!

5.0 from 3 reviews

Simple Fruit Salad with Yogurt and Chia

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Total time

5 mins

 

A quick and healthy fruit salad.

Author: Raia

Recipe type: salad

: American

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 orange
• 1 large banana
• 6-8 strawberries
• 2 c. seedless grapes (I used green)
• ⅓ c. plain yogurt (use coconut yogurt for dairy-free version)
• 1 t. chia seeds

Instructions

1. Wash and/or peel fruits.
2. Slice into roughly uniform sizes (I don't usually slice the grapes) and place in a large bowl.
3. Gently stir in yogurt until fruit is coated.
4. Sprinkle with chia seeds and stir in.
5. Store leftovers in the fridge.

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Raia lives in the south with her husband/best-friend, five wonderfully crazy kids, six free-range chickens, and a gazillion mosquitoes. In between being a full time wife, mom, and homeschool teacher, she blogs over at RaiasRecipes.com, where she shares all her gluten-free and allergy-friendly food.

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