I know I need to eat more fruits and vegetables. So this weekend, I decided to make a fruit salad that would be handy for snacking. I used watermelon and blueberries (because a friend recently told me they were great together) and grapes (because my mom was in town visiting and had some left from her drive). The result was a beautiful and refreshing fruit salad!
The colors make the salad so pretty and much more enjoyable to eat. But there's more - colors of fruits and vegetables are natures way of telling us what health benefits that particular fruit or vegetable has.
Based on some info I got from
an article in Taos News, this salad has the following health benefits :
Grapes - Green produce indicates antioxidant potential and may promote healthy vision and reduce cancer risks.
Blueberries - Purple and blue produce may have antioxidant and anti-aging benefits and may help with memory, urinary tract health, and reduced cancer risks.
Watermelon - Red produce may help maintain a healthy heart, vision, immunity and my reduce cancer risks.
Hmmm. So with watermelon you go with the red of the meat and not the green of the rind? Interesting. I love all kinds of fruit and the more you can put in a salad the better I think it is. Yours looks very yummy and refreshing. :)
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