This recipe for fruit salad is my kind of recipe. Healthy, beautiful, simple & easy!
I invited a group of women over today and this fruit salad was on the menu. These women are friends of mine, and we all had a wonderful experience together at a weekend retreat called Jumping Tandem Retreat.
I’m excited to share with you all what God has been doing in my heart since the retreat, but that is for another post. Let’s just say that the theme for the retreat was “your big, amazing, ridiculous dream” & I have been dreaming ever since I got home!
I was too nervous to do much dreaming there, as I was one of the workshop leaders and public speaking is something I’m just getting used to doing, so my brain was preoccupied.
But, something I was not too busy to notice was the authenticity of each and every woman there and the beautiful connections being made.
It was a place where we could all just come, be who we are, be encouraged that we can be all that God made us to be, and lay down whatever was weighing on our hearts.
In one of the sessions we were encouraged to anonymously write down our prayer requests, and today this group of women and I ate together, then spent time in prayer over these precious prayer requests.
It was an honor to be in possession of them and to be trusted to lift them up to God. There was much need in some of these stories, some have stayed on my heart all day and I will be taking them before God more than once, that is for sure!
Back to this lovely fruit salad…I wanted to keep things light but also knew our meeting time of 11:00 was a time that stomachs start growling. I kept the food simple, here is the menu:
~Fruit Salad With Honey & Lime Zest Dressing
~Pretzels Chips & Roasted Red Pepper Hummus (Trader Joes)
~Tortilla Chips & Peach Salsa (Trader Joes)
~Wheat Thin Type Crackers & Fiesta Lime Chicken Salad (Trader Joes & Health Food Store Deli)
~Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds With Sea Salt (Trader Joes)
~Hot Coffee
~Hot Tea
I told the ladies they were welcome to bring a snack to share, or just show up…whatever was best for them. I had a friend bring some scones which rounded out our menu quite beautifully!
Notice the only thing I had to make was the fruit salad & coffee, and that was SO easy. The fruit salad was delicious.
The dressing adds a touch of something special, a tangy but sweet citrus flavor. It also gives the fruit a great shine.
Our time of eating and prayer together was beautiful. I’m so very blessed to have such great women in my life!
Fruit Salad With Honey & Lime Zest Dressing
{Inspired by Oh! You Cook!}
1 pt. container strawberries
1 pt. container blueberries
1 bunch (about 1 1/2 lbs.) seedless grapes (green, red or a mixture of both)
3 clementines (could use an orange)1/3 cup honey
juice from 2 limes (about 2-3 tablespoons)
zest from 1 lime
Rinse strawberries, blueberries and grapes.
Gently pat dry the fruit. Hull strawberries, then cut each in half; if large, cut into quarters.
Remove stems from blueberries, if any.
Remove grapes from stems.
Peel & separate clementines. (or peel and chop orange)Gently combine all three in a large bowl or aluminum tray. Set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together honey and lime juice. Pour over fruit.
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To meet my wonderful friends who joined me in prayer today, see below:
Michelle DeRusha
Lelia Chealey
Helen Fagan
Holly Mitchell
May 7, 2013 at 1:45 pmJust wanted to say, this salad is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing. I made it for my Bunko ladies last night and it was a big hit! Being easy to prepare makes it even better. Will definitely be making it again, and again, and again! 🙂
Plays with Purpose
May 2, 2013 at 2:44 pmAmy – that fruit salad shines like you! Yummy! That retreat was something wasn’t it? So much to hold onto. What a blessing to be able to pray over all the prayer requests of the women there. Sweet aroma for a Wednesday luncheon. If only I were in Nebraska..I sure miss you.
Hugs,
Kelly