Fruit Salad

Updated May 29, 2024

Fruit Salad
Jonathan Player for The New York Times
Total Time
10 minutes
Rating
4(275)
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Orange-fleshed fruits, blueberries and pomegranate are all known to be supercharged with antioxidants, which scientists and dietitians say are good for us. Well, they might or might not be right, but any way you mix it, a salad of fresh mango, blueberries and pomegranate seeds, squirted with a little fresh lime juice, makes you feel good. I know all the vitamins are most present when the salad is freshly made, but I like to have a container of this ready in the fridge. It tastes so juicily wonderful and looks so beautiful that you would never know there was any reason to eat it save for the pleasure alone.

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Ingredients

Yield:1 to 2 servings
  • 1ripe mango
  • 1cup blueberries
  • ½cup pomegranate seeds
  • 2teaspoons lime juice
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Nutritional analysis per serving (2 servings)

180 calories; 1 gram fat; 0 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 0 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 44 grams carbohydrates; 6 grams dietary fiber; 36 grams sugars; 3 grams protein; 4 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Cut through mango skin as if to cut mango in two, but do not cut through fruit. Peel off skin of one side.

  2. Step 2

    Cut through fruit in a crosshatch pattern, then slice down against stone so cubes of mango fall into a bowl. Repeat with other half.

  3. Step 3

    Add blueberries and pomegranate seeds to bowl, and sprinkle with lime juice. Toss well and serve.

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In which season are we supposed to make this? Right now (midsummer) there are no pomegranates. And when pomegranates are in season, in winter, mangos are not. Or am I wrong about this?

This is an old family recipe except: we add 2TBSP of honey, 1tsp of celery seed, and whatever fruits are in season and not mushy, sometimes a sprinkling of cinnamon or nutmeg. Thanksgiving 2016 included mango, pineapple, sweet cherries, bananas, blueberries, pomegranate, blackberries, raspberries, and grapefruit. We add kiwi, peaches in season instead of mango, strawberries, grapes, apples, pears (firm only, Bartletts too mushy) and others. Great for breakfast.

True, but you can get frozen pomegranate seeds OR freeze your own when they are in season - which I do and one p. goes a long way!

Easy, beautiful & great with any meal, any time of day. This is also great with perfectly ripe melons.

Look for the already seeded pomegranate tub in the refrigerated fruit section at a Whole Foods, Dave's Fresh Market, Fresh Market and maybe some supermarket chains. Not sure where you live but they seem to be brought in year round here in new England. Good luck!

Super simple, tasty, and very pretty.

juliet,
i think you can find the pomegranate seeds in packs. trader joe's has them as does my local shaws, in the absence of the fruit.

Loved this! Was definitely an elevated and elegant fruit salad that was kid-friendly.

Some mangos come into season in the US winter, so this is doable. I just made it basically as described except that my mango was about a day from ripeness (so not fully sweet yet, though very flavorful), so I added about 2 tsp of honey to compensate. Very good.

One mango, very ripe, cut in cubes One Granny Smith Apple, cut in cubes I/2 cup currants 1 cup blueberries Juice of 1 lime 1/4 teaspoon grated ginger root Mix together Cover and refrigerate.

Simple and great taste. Did wind up using two tsp of honey, just a personal taste. Without the honey was also very good. No issue with finding mango's or pomegranate seeds in February.

So simple, so good! I was skeptical but it didn’t need any added sugar / honey. Made it during the winter with fresh keitt mango, blueberries, and packaged pomegranate seeds.

Delicious, light, colorful and flavorful.

I don't know about elsewhere in the country, but here in NYC, Fairway has pomegranates AND ripe mangoes for sale, along with enormous blueberries from Chile and Ecuador.

This is an old family recipe except: we add 2TBSP of honey, 1tsp of celery seed, and whatever fruits are in season and not mushy, sometimes a sprinkling of cinnamon or nutmeg. Thanksgiving 2016 included mango, pineapple, sweet cherries, bananas, blueberries, pomegranate, blackberries, raspberries, and grapefruit. We add kiwi, peaches in season instead of mango, strawberries, grapes, apples, pears (firm only, Bartletts too mushy) and others. Great for breakfast.

sooo pretty and a wonderful dessert. it taught me a very easy way to cut a mango. great for breakfast the next day. trader joes and other supermarkets have the pomegranate seeds when the fruit is not in season.

In which season are we supposed to make this? Right now (midsummer) there are no pomegranates. And when pomegranates are in season, in winter, mangos are not. Or am I wrong about this?

juliet,
i think you can find the pomegranate seeds in packs. trader joe's has them as does my local shaws, in the absence of the fruit.

Seems to me the template is a good one, and you can do all kinds of swaps (ripe honeydew, diced plums, etc.) as long as you don't forget the lime juice. I'm about to go pick some black raspberries growing wild along our driveway, avoiding the poison ivy as best I can.

Look for the already seeded pomegranate tub in the refrigerated fruit section at a Whole Foods, Dave's Fresh Market, Fresh Market and maybe some supermarket chains. Not sure where you live but they seem to be brought in year round here in new England. Good luck!

Easy, beautiful & great with any meal, any time of day. This is also great with perfectly ripe melons.

Super simple, tasty, and very pretty.

Very good and I would make again--very attractive on a white platter

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