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While it may be a bit summery, fruit salsa is one of my all-time favorite holiday appetizers. It always gets rave reviews when I take it to parties, and it is something different that your typical chips and salsa.
This also is a waistline-friendly salsa. I add a tablespoon of sugar, but it is not necessary. You can opt out of using any sugar, or you can use another sweetener.
The fruity goods.
The chopped apple is the ‘onion’ of the salsa.
It is crisp and tart, and provides a nice crunch to the salsa.
I simply mix the other ingredients in with a spoon.
I use orange marmalade, because I like to add an orange flavor to the salsa without adding liquid (orange juice). You can add any preserves, jams or jellies you would like (I think blueberry sounds good!). Make it your own.
This is such a sweet treat.
Guests love this. It tastes like dessert, and is a bit on the healthier side that other fattening dips.
Which means, you know, I can eat 5 or 6 entire dishes and stay slim. Plus, it has the brown sugar in it. The healthy kind. Because it’s brown.
I love serving (and eating) it with cinnamon sugar pita chips, and it also is excellent with a salted chip – like a blue corn tortilla chip. Salty and sweet.
Sometimes I eat blue corn chips for breakfast. Don’t judge.
Being that it is this time of year, I also think that pomagranate seeds would make a fantastic addition to this salsa, adding more crunch. If you try it, let me know!
Fruit Salsa
1 large apple, cut into larger chunks
8 oz strawberries, chopped
1 pint of raspberries
2 kiwis, sliced
1 tablespoon orange marmalade
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 tablespoon brown sugar
an assortment of chips: cinnamon sugar and salted pita chips
Add the apple to a food processor and chop it into small and medium-sized chunks. Remove apple and place in a large bowl. Add strawberries, raspberries and kiwi to the food processor. Mix until smooth. Remove berry mixture and add it to apples. To bowl, add marmalade and sugars, mixing until combined.
Serve with cinnamon sugar chips, and salted tortilla chips.
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Oh I love fruit dips and salads! I could eat fruit all day every day!
what a great idea! especially with cinn-sugar chips. Yum.
I think this is BRILLIANT! And, it will be made in a kitchen near me. I might find a way to toss in some cranberries, too, cause I’m crazy like that.
I’m not a big fan of the vegetable salsas. This one sounds so good – I love anything desserty!
Man I don’t know how you make all of these delicious dishes look so easy!!
Yum. Would this be good on other dippers, like banana slices or apple slices?
I’m sure it would, though the salsa is fairly sweet. I prefer to have a crunch or salty chip with it – something to cut the sweetness.
that’s super cute!
OOOH I like this recipe.. it would taste awesome with these cinnamon sugar soy crisp things Im currently obsessed with!
Now some chips and guacamole on the side
I actually “forgot” how much I love fruit salsa until I saw your post. It would make a great app for the Thanksgiving dinner I am going to. Thanks for the reminder
Oooo this fruit salsa sounds so refreshing and delicious – especially if scooped up with cinnamon sugar pita chips. I’ll definitely have to try this recipe!
Great idea!
I often make a fruit salsa with mango, red pepper and red onion to serve with a fish dish.
xxx Julia (Taste of Living)
This recipe looks so delicious and festive! I love the salty and sweet combo so I’m sure it would be amazing with blue corn chips as you suggested. I will have to try this.
This looks delicious…I usually but the Trader’s version but this looks easy enough for me!
TJ’s has fruit salsa?!?!? I never knew!!!
Delicious!
Yes, TJ’s has peach mango salsa, which is more savory than sweet, but still good if you aren’t a genius, like you!
i have never had fruit salsa (don’t know why) but it looks amazing…dipped with fruit, i bet this is ridic!
that looks like such a great dip….it sound “refreshing” =)
Figured you might like to know that I always find myself very hungry after reading your posts. Love the pictures..
“It tastes like dessert, and is a bit on the healthier side that other fattening dips. ”
Love that.
Also the sweet n salty thing works for me. I use anything salty very sparingly due to how my body does not like salt and so this is perfect for me. No onion or garlic either, 2 other nemesis of mine.
Blue corn chips for brekkie….sounds like a big chunk of my 20s
That is a great salsa! It looks tasty
How far in advance can this be made? How should it be stored?
I wouldn’t make it any more than 24hrs in advance – just store it in an airtight container!
So I saw this and had to go out and buy a processor just for this (i wanted one anyway and this was just the push I needed) and made it right away…….love it! I couldn’t find the cinnamon pita chips so I used apple chips instead and it’s wonderful!!! Thank you for your recipes!!
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