Fun
Launch
A grapefruit has lots of vitamins A and C,
FACT
Power
Pa d
so eating a ruby red grapefruit or drinking
its juice helps keep your skin and your eyes
Grapefruit got its name
U P!
RUBY RED GRAPEFRUIT
healthy, and helps protect your body from
from growing in bunches
GROWING REGION
getting a cold or the flu.
just like grapes.
Rio Grande Valley
Island Fun Pasta
Salad
Connect the
Dots
Ruby Red
INGREDIENTS
2 cups Pasta, whole grain, corkscrew
Grapefruit
• 1 cup Romaine lettuce, shredded
• 1 cup Grapefruit chunks, fresh or
I’m Ruby Red and I’m part of the Texas
canned • ½ cup Mango, peeled, sliced
red grapefruit club. The Texas red
• ½ cup Red Cabbage, Shredded
grapefruit is the state fruit of Texas. I was
• ½ cup Onions, chopped • 1 cup
found by accident growing on a pink
Yogurt, low-fat, plain or vanilla • Orange
grapefruit tree in the Rio Grande Valley
of South Texas. Texas citrus fruits like me
PREPARATION
grow in places with lots of sunshine and
1. Cook pasta as directed on package. Drain. 2. In a small
soft ground like South Texas. My sisters
bowl, combine yogurt and juice of the orange. 3. Combine
Rio Star, Flame and I can be found in
lettuce, pasta, grapefruit, mango, cabbage and onion in large
supermarkets year round, but we taste
bowl. 4. Pour dressing over. Mix until all parts are coated.
the best from December through April.
Serving Suggestions:
+200
Joke of the
This salad can also be made using lemon, grapefruit or lime juice.
Serve as a snack or a side dish.
month
+100
Recipes courtesy of:
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Q. Why did
the grapefruit
stop at the top
of the hill?