Recipe for Winter Fruit Salad – A Dixie Salad Tradition

This recipe for winter fruit salad is a holiday tradition from my Uncle who was raised in a pomegranate growing area including a section of Nevada, north of Las Vegas and southern Utah. Known as “Dixie”, southern Utah was named for the warm climate and cotton crops reminiscent of the deep south.

It was the Dixie Salad I looked forward to every holiday season. I have now brought that tradition to my own family and introduced it to my husband's family. It makes a lovely light dessert or with yummy ingredients like these, you can feel good about serving it at the dinner table!

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Fresh Winter Fruit Salad Recipe Ingredients

• 2 Pomegranates seeded
• 2 Honeycrisp Apples peeled and chopped
• 1/2-1 cup Pecans chopped {You can add more pecans if you love them like I do, but my children aren't big fans}
• 8 oz Whipped Cream or Cool Whip Topping or make our Cream of Coconut Whipped Cream for a dairy-free option

You can also find coconut cool whip from So Delicious and Non-Dairy Almond Redi-Whip spray at larger grocery stores {Smith's & Target had it in Salt Lake}.

Peel, Seed, and Chop Winter Fruits

De-seed your pomegranates.

I like to do it the old fashioned way:

• Cut each pomegranate lightly from crown all the way around {longitudinal} making sure to pierce the bottom and top where the fruit skin is thickest
• Gently pull halves apart and let seeds fall into bowl
• Continue breaking sections apart and pulling seeds away from the white membrane
• Many claim faster ways to do this but I've found them messy and spend more time pulling off tiny pieces of the white pith for a nice clean bowl of pomegranate seeds

*Wear a dark colored shirt while seeding to avoid stains. But if you do get some juice on your clothing it comes out easily by carefully pouring boiling water over the stain.

Peel and Dice Apples.

Chop pecans

Or purchase pecan pieces. I like using my nut grinder to do a large batch in just a few minutes.

Add Whipped Cream for Creamy Fruit Salad

You can make your own whipped cream, dairy free coconut cream shown – recipe here, or purchase Cool Whip or Dairy Free So Delicious Whipped Topping. Carefully fold whipped cream or topping into the winter fruit salad until fully incorporated.

Serve Winter Fruit Salad Recipe

Now it's all ready to serve. Wasn't that EASY!? It's the best recipe for winter fruit salad ever! Garnish serving bowl with additional pomegranate seeds and chopped pecans and let guests serve themselves or dish up into individual dessert bowls for a beautiful presentation.

If you make this Winter fruit salad, I'd love to hear about it in the comments below. And if you share photos, I want to see it too! Please tag us @partieswithacause on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. We love celebrating all your hard work! 

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