Fruit salad with fennel, watercress, and smoked salt

Tantalize your taste buds with this refreshing fruit salad featuring crisp fennel, peppery watercress, and a hint of smoky salt. Perfect for a deliciously healthy meal!

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoked or flaky sea salt
  • 1/4 small honeydew melon, rind removed, very thinly sliced
  • 1 pluot or plum, sliced into thin wedges
  • 1/2 cup halved pitted fresh cherries
  • 1/2 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
  • 1/2 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup torn frisée
  • 1 cup trimmed watercress
  • 2 medium ruby red grapefruits, peel and white pith removed, flesh sliced into 1/4"-thick rounds
  • Smoked or flaky sea salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions:

  1. Combine oil, lemon juice, and salt by whisking them together in a small bowl; set aside.
  2. Mix melon, pluot, cherries, and vinegar in a medium bowl. Allow it to rest, occasionally tossing, until the fruit is lightly pickled, for 10 to 15 minutes; then drain.
  3. Combine fennel, frisée, and watercress with half of the vinaigrette in a large bowl. Place grapefruits on a serving platter; then sprinkle them with smoked salt. Add pickled fruit on top and spread dressed fennel salad around.
  4. Present the salad topped with the remaining lemon vinaigrette, smoked salt, and pepper.

Summary:

  • Calories: 924 kcal
  • Fat: 56 g
  • Protein: 9 g
  • Carbs: 107 g
  • Potassium: 2174 mg
  • Magnesium: 122 mg
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