Must-have recipes have been trending around social media for some time and one that sticks out is fruit salad. This tasty recipe features some of the best fruits and a couple secret ingredients that you may not have thought about including before.
This viral recipe comes from a Tik Tok creator named @cecilysnatural and her post alone has racked up 17.6 million views since it was posted Jan. 5. Many viewers are raving about the simplicity of the recipe and commenting things like “Now this is a fruit salad” and “I’d take this over candy any day.”
The recipe is included below:
What you need:
16 oz strawberries
6 bartlett pears
6 kiwis
1 pineapple
3 mangos
1 pomegranate
2 limes
Honey
Directions:
Finely chop each fruit and put into a large mixing bowl. Juice 2 limes into the mixture and add honey to your liking. Finally, mix together and serve.
Not only is this recipe sweet and fruity, but it also includes several health benefits as well.
Honey itself provides benefits of consumption, including blood pressure and cholesterol regulation, polyphenol content, which aids digestion and is rich in antioxidants. Numerous super fruits are included in the recipe, including strawberries, mangos, and pomegranates. Strawberries and mangos are high in antioxidants as well, including Vitamin C, phenolic acids, gallic acid, and beta carotene. Mangos also have high fiber content and encourage healthy bowel movements. Pomegranates help reduce high blood pressure, cholesterol, inflammation and muscle damage.
Try swapping out your own favorite fruits to make this dreamy salad your own.