Christmas Fruit Salad
Healthy Christmas Recipe
By Fitness and Freebies
A delicious and very attractive Christmas salad with a lime based sauce over a coleslaw mixture including carrots, green cabbage and succulent red cranberries.
Recipe Ingredients
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
Dash salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup lime juice
3 tablespoons honey
Salad:
1 bag (16 oz) coleslaw mixture
1 cup shredded carrots
1 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup chopped green onions
Recipe Directions
For dressing, combine sugar, dry mustard, celery seed and salt in a small mixing bowl and mix well. Whisk in vegetable oil, lime juice and honey until well blended and sugar is dissolved.
Combine salad ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Pour dressing over coleslaw mixture; mix until well combined. Refrigerate 30 minutes before serving.
Nutrition information per serving:
Recipe makes 8 servings
Calories: 152;
Fat: 9g;
Carbohydrates: 18g;
Cholesterol: 0;
Sodium: 52mg;
Fiber: 2g;
Exchanges: 1/2 Starch, 1 Vegetable, 2 Fat
See also:
Low Carb Classic Coleslaw
Best Ever Coleslaw Diabetic Recipe
Low Fat Deli Coleslaw
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Christmas Fact
During the Christmas/Hanukkah season, more than 1.76 billion candy canes will be made.
