This apple orange fennel salad recipe is simple to make and uses fresh ingredients to make a healthy salad that will delight your taste buds.
Hello there lovely readers of Cravings of a Lunatic!
I’m Kelly from Eat Yourself Skinny. I was so glad when Kim asked me to guest post for her over the holidays.
I absolutely adore her blog. I've been a follower for awhile now, her posts are just so fun to read!
When I knew I’d be sharing a recipe around Christmas, I wanted to make something super festive but that was still somewhat healthy.
I mean my blog is “Eat Yourself Skinny” after all, gingerbread cookies and peppermint bark wouldn’t exactly fall into that category.
Umm lemme tell you…it is nearly impossible to find festive healthy recipes for the holidays.
Trust me…I looked.
So, instead of doing a low calorie cookie recipe or any dessert for that matter, I decided to go with one of my favorite holiday fruit salads that taste amazing with almost anything!
Our family has this salad on the table every year during Christmas and the mixture of apple, orange and fennel tastes so delicious.
You can even throw in some dried cranberries for a more festive look. I didn’t have any on hand at the time so I just left the recipe as is.
The addition of lemon is essential not only to keep the apples from browning, but it really brings all the flavors together in this dish.
This is also heart healthy and diabetic friendly! Hope you enjoy this as much as I did!
More Healthy Recipes:
- Mixed Berry Smoothie
- Roasted Red Pepper and Chipotle Pepper in Adobo Angel Hair Pasta
- Healthy Fish Recipes
- Healthy Bowl Recipes
- Yogurt Parfaits
Apple, Orange and Fennel Salad
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 teaspoon snipped fresh thyme
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 medium apple cored and chopped
- 1 medium orange peeled, seeded, sectioned and chopped
- 1 small fennel bulb trimmed, cored and chopped
- ¼ cup chopped pecans toasted
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together lemon juice, vinegar, oil, the 1 teaspoon thyme, and salt.
- Stir in apple, orange and fennel. Cover and chill for 1 to 4 hours.
- Stir in pecans just before serving. If desired, garnish with additional snipped fresh thyme.
- Serve!
Notes
Nutrition
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Kelly | Eat Yourself Skinny
Aww you are SO sweet!! Thank you so much for inviting me to guest post on your blog and for all the nice things you said! It's a pleasure! xoxo
Kim Bee
@Kelly- You are so welcome, I am just touched you agreed to do it. I adore you and your blog, so happy to have you here. And I just had to include little Oliver in the fun. Lol!
Tina
Both of you are such wonderful foodies, I am glad to see you two here on this guest post!
I do have a tendency to pick things out of salads, but I have read the ingredient list here and I like it all. Hurrah-this means the whole serving will actually be eaten without any remnants left on the plate, which is definitely a win! Thanks for sharing this tasty recipe and you two enjoy the day!
Yummy Mummy
Yay! I love kelly! So happy to see this yummy salad here 🙂
Kiri W.
Look *fabulous*! Great to see you two team up 🙂
Kim Bee
@Tina- I kind of do the same thing. This one I love everything in as well. I think orange in a salad is just so appealing. Thanks so much for visiting us today.
@Yummy Mummy- I know right, she's awesome. Thank you for coming by.
@Kiri- For some reason that made me picture me and Kelly as superheroes. Lol. Thanks for visiting us!
BigBearswife
Oranges are one of my favorites
Grubarazzi
This is super tasty. What a great guest post!
Jamie (Thrifty Veggie Mama)
Looks delicious!
Hilliary@ Happily Ever Healthy
This looks so delicious! I want to make this to take in my lunch to work!
Eri
Oh I love the fennel orange combination, now I'll try it with the addition of apple!
Great Salad!
Kim Bee
@BigBearsWife- Me too. Love them. I even scored some satsumas the other day.
@Grubarazzi- Kelly is the bomb!
@Jamie- I love how fresh it looks.
@Hilliary- Would be perfect for lunch!
@Eri- Kelly always has such good ideas.
carolinaheartstrings
Great looking salad. I bet it is delicious. We have a little Yorkie too. So cute. Come visit us. We have a wonderful Kahula cocoa and today a giveaway just in time for Christmas. A wonderful autographed book. Great present. Be sure to register to win.
Suzi
Hi Kim and Kelly. New to your site Kim and happy to follow. This is a wonderfully healthy salad and I personally am happy to see it, thanks Kelly. I am not buying the next size up jeans, I eman it. Sometimes I feel like I gain a pound or two just looking at all these beautiful desserts I see. Lovely post. Nice to meet you both. Cheers!
Kim Bee
@carolina- Kelly's yorkie makes me swoon. My sis has one, super cute. We have a westie puppy. She is a handful.
@Suzi- Thanks for following. I need to follow Kelly's lead and eat healthier. It's been awful here with all the baking. I mean I love it but my butt not so much.
Torviewtoronto
combination of the salad looks colourful lovely
Ann
Hi Kim and Kelly! Pretty awesome recipe! I love the flavors and I imagine the lemon brightens it up nicely! Thanks for sharing and have a GREAT day!
Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love.
I love Kelly's blog and this is such a great recipe! We really need some lighter recipes like this one this time of year!
Kim Bee
@torviewtoronto- Thanks for coming by.
@Ann- Thanks for stopping in Ann.
@Stephanie- Kelly is a rock star, love her to bits. I hear ya, I feel like my rear grows exponentially every day.
Note etc.
I couldn't resist this salad, if i could find fresh thyme Im obviosly want to try it.
btw, could this dish,make me pretty as Kelly? 😀
and Kim thanks a lot for those great bunch of suggestion about handling my trouble sleeping. already notes it, and ready to try tonight
Cheers