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Monday, February 11, 2013

10-Minute Kiwi Mandala

10-Minute Kiwi Mandala
Add a bit of sweet to your Healthiest Way of Eating with this mosaic of kiwifruit and strawberries. Most people don't realize that a kiwifruit has more vitamin C than an orange!
Prep and Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
  • 8-oz low-fat vanilla or soy yogurt
  • 3 TBS fresh orange juice
  • 1 TBS cream honey*
  • 1/2 tsp grated orange rind**
  • 1/4 tsp grated lemon rind**
  • 1 kiwifruit
  • 4 strawberries
  • Optional: 2 TBS chopped walnuts or pecans, orange zest for topping

Directions:
  1. In a small bowl, whisk the yogurt, orange juice, honey and grated orange and lemon rind, making sure the honey is completed blended into the yogurt.
  2. Place in 2 shallow soup dishes.
  3. Peel the kiwifruit and slice into 1/8" rounds.
  4. Take the stems off of the strawberries and cut them lengthwise into 4 pieces.
  5. Arrange the fruit in a beautiful pattern on top of the yogurt mixture and sprinkle with some grated orange rind and nuts if desired.
  6. Refrigerate for 1/2 hour so that the yogurt is well chilled.
Enjoy immediately!
*Cream honey is whipped honey found in most health food stores.
**Use an organic orange and lemon, if possible, to avoid wax coating. Serves 2

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