Grilled Fruit Salad with Lime Cilantro Marinade
Recipe by Steven Petusevsky
Ingredients
- 2-- (1-inch-thick) slices pineapple
- 1-- mango, halved, peeled and pitted
- 1small red bell pepper, cored, seeded and sliced into 1/2-inch-thick rings
- 1small green bell pepper, cored, seeded and sliced into 1/2-inch-thick rings
- 1medium avocado in the shell, cut in half and pitted
- -- Lime Cilantro Marinade (see recipe)
- 6cups field greens or bite-size pieces romaine
- 2tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2tablespoons lime juice
- -- Coarse salt and fresh-ground black pepper, to taste
- 1/4cup chopped toasted pistachios, macadamias or coconut flakes
Instructions
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Place pineapples, mango, pepper rings and avocado in a bowl and cover with marinade; let sit 15 minutes. Preheat a gas or charcoal grill. Grill vegetables and fruits 4 to 6 minutes per side until grill-marked but not over-cooked. Remove avocado skins and dice pineapple, mango and avocado. Leave peppers in rings.
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Place field greens on 4 plates. Scatter grilled fruits and vegetables over greens and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil and lime. Season with coarse salt and pepper from a mill. Top with nuts or coconut and serve.
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 294
- Fat 22g
- Saturated Fat 3g
- Cholesterol 0mg
- Sodium 47mg
- Carbohydrate 25g
- Fiber 7g
- Sugars 15g
- Protein 5g