Christmas Fruit Platter
Healthy Christmas Recipe
By Fitness and Freebies
Fresh or frozen raspberries, pineapple, naval oranges and kiwifruit make up this delicious and healthful fruit platter.
Recipe Ingredients
2-1/4 cups fresh or frozen raspberries, rinsed or partially thawed, if frozen
2 tablespoons orange liqueur or fresh orange juice
1 3-pound fresh pineapple, peeled, cored, quartered lengthwise and cut crosswise into thin slices
2 navel oranges, peeled and sliced crosswise into thin slices
6 kiwi fruit, peeled and thinly sliced
Recipe Directions
In a food process or blender, combine raspberries and orange liqueur. Puree until smooth. Cover and chill until ready to serve.
On a large platter, overlap slices of each fruit, starting with pineapple at each end of the platter and orange slices down the middle. Fill in the remaining area with kiwi slices. Cover and chill until ready to serve.
To serve, drizzle raspberry sauce over fruit.
Nutrition information per serving:
Serving size: 1/2 cup
Recipe makes 8 servings
Calories: 83;
Protein: 1g;
Total Fat: 1g;
Carbohydrates: 20g;
Fiber: 4g;
Cholesterol: 0;
Sodium: 3mg;
Exchanges: 1-1/2 Carbohydrate/1-1/2 Fruit
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Christmas Fact
Frumenty was a spiced porridge, enjoyed by both rich and poor. It is thought to be the forerunner of modern Christmas puddings. It has its origins in a Celtic legend of the harvest god Dagda, who stirred a porridge made up of all the good things of the Earth.
