Resolution-ready Recipe: Minty Apple and Pomegranate Salad

Diet-friendly fare for 2014.
Diet-friendly fare for 2014.

The perfect healthy-and-sweet treat for a fresh start to 2014! This is a unique salad with crispy apples drizzled with honey and lime, topped with lucky, gem-like pomegranate arils. Pomegranates symbolize fertility, happiness, prosperity and good luck for the upcoming New Year.

Ingredients

1 cup pomegranate arils
2 apples, cored and sliced
2 tablespoons mint leaves, chopped
2 tablespoons raw honey
2 tablespoons lime juice

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Directions

1. In a medium bowl, place apple slices and pomegranate arils, add lime juice and toss. Sprinkle with mint and drizzle with honey. Serve and enjoy!

-By Ericka Sanchez

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