Fruit Salad with Citrus-Mint Dressing

Serve this potassium-packed fruit salad (662 milligrams per serving) with breakfast or as a light dessert. Use a mini chopper to combine the dressing ingredients--it's the ideal size to blend the small amount of dressing for the salad.

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: about 1 1/3 cups)

Ingredients

• 6  kiwifruit, peeled and cut into 8 wedges
• 2  cups  (1 1/2-inch) cubes honeydew
• 2  cups  (1 1/2-inch) cubes cantaloupe
• 1  medium papaya, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
• 1  tablespoon  sugar
• 1 1/2  tablespoons  mint
• 1/2  teaspoon  finely grated fresh orange peel
• 2  tablespoons  fresh orange juice
• 1  teaspoon  fresh lime juice

Preparation

Combine kiwifruit, honeydew, cantaloupe, and papaya in a medium bowl.

Place sugar and remaining ingredients in a mini chopper food processor; pulse until mint is finely chopped. Pour sugar mixture over fruit, and stir gently to coat.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

120 (6% from fat)

Fat:

0.8g (sat 0.1g,mono 0.0g,poly 0.1g)

Protein:

2.2g

Carbohydrate:

29.4g

Fiber:

3.5g

Cholesterol:

0.0mg

Iron:

0.9mg

Sodium:

21mg

Calcium:

55mg