Fruit salad recipe
Ingredients
- 1 can (20 oz) pineapple chunks
- 2 quarts red apples, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups pecans, toasted
- 2 cups green seedless grapes, halved
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 cup celery
For dressing:
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 stick butter
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup mayonnaise
Preparation
Drain the pineapple chunks and place them in a large bowl. Add in the red apples, pecans, grapes, parsley and celery. In a sauce pan, pour in the pineapple juice and stir in the lemon juice, sugar and butter. Boil over medium heat. Add cornstarch and some water in mixing bowl. Combine and mix well to form a smooth mixture then add into the sauce pan with the boiling juice. Switch to low heat and let it cook until the mixture is thick and smooth. Let it cool down for a few minutes then whisk in the mayonnaise. Pour in the chilled dressing into the large bowl with fruits. Mix well. Serve fruit salad.
Chinese fruit salad
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 lime, juice and zest of
- 1 can lychees in heavy syrup
- 1 mango, stoned and sliced
- 1 apple, cored and sliced
- 2 bananas, sliced
- 1 star fruit, sliced (optional)
- 1 teaspoon sesame seed
Preparation
To prepare Chinese fruit salad, place the sugar in a small saucepan with the lime zest and add 1 ¼ cups water. Heat gently until the sugar dissolves completely, then increase the heat and boil gently for about 7-8 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and leave on one side to cool the syrup. Drain the lychees into a jug and pour the juice into the cooled lime syrup with the lime juice. Place the fruit in a bowl and toss gently with the syrup. Chill for 1 hour before serving.
Yogurt Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons good honey
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Seeds scraped from 1/2 vanilla bean, optional
- 1/2 orange, juiced
- 1 banana, sliced
- 1/2 pint fresh blueberries
- 1/2 pint fresh raspberries
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in half
- 1 bunch seedless green grapes, halved
Preparation
Blend the yogurt, honey, vanilla extract, and vanilla bean seeds in a bowl and set aside. Combine the orange juice and banana slices in a separate bowl. Add the berries and grapes and gently mix the fruit mixture together. Spoon the fruit into serving bowls and top with the yogurt. Now serve yogurt fruit salad.
Mango fruit salad recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pineapple — cored and cubed
- 2 ripe mangos — peeled and cubed
- 2 kiwi fruit — peeled and sliced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh garlic
- 1 teaspoon chopped red chili pepper
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- Leaf lettuce
Preparation
Place cubed pineapple in large bowl. Add mangos and kiwi fruit to bowl. Toss gently to combine. Add all remaining ingredients and stir gently to coat. Let stand 10 minutes. Spoon onto lettuce lined bowl. Store refrigerated. Serve mango fruit salad at room temperature.
Hawaiian fruit salad recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pineapple
- 1 or 2 papayas
- 3 or 4 bananas
- seedless watermelon, or honey dew, cantaloupe
- red seedless grapes or purple seedless ones
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- Additional add-ins
- 1/2 cup shredded cocoanut
- 1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries
- Mini marshmallows
- Peeled sliced green or golden kiwi fruit
- Fresh mint leaves
Preparation
To prepare Hawaiian fruit salad, combine peeled pineapple chunks, papaya, melon cubes in a very large. Add washed grapes. Slice bananas and gently mix together with other fruits. Mix all with lemon juice (it preserves color) additional add-ins, especially the kiwi add color and texture. Sprinkle top with mint leaves.
Cranberry fruit salad recipe
Ingredients
- 1 qt. fresh cranberries
- 2 lg. apples
- 1 1/2 c. sugar
- 2 sm. boxes raspberry Jello
- 3 c. water
- 1/2 c. chopped nuts
- 1/2 c. diced celery
Preparation
Cut cranberries in food chopper or blender in quarters or chop coarsely (freeze cranberries before chopping, this prevents mushing). Dice apples into small pieces. Add sugar and refrigerate the mixture overnight. Next morning prepare 2 packages of gelatin (Jello) using 3 cups of water and blend well until dissolved. Stir in cranberries, apple mixture. Chill until beginning to set. Stir in celery and nuts. Let set. The longer this stands the better is gets. Serve cranberry fruit salad cold.
Pasta Fruit Salad Recipe
- 1/2 box acini de pepe pasta noodles
- 1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple
- 2 sm. cans mandarin oranges
- 3/4 c. sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 3 tbsp. flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 (8 oz.) container Cool Whip
Preparation
Cook pasta according to directions, drain, and then rinse in cold water. Drain and save the juice from the pineapple and oranges. Mix this juice with the sugar and the eggs. Sift together flour and salt. Add to juice mixture. Over medium heat, boil the juice mixture, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, when thick, and add the noodles. Chill overnight, then add the fruits and Cool Whip and mix thoroughly. Serve pasta fruit salad.
California fruit salad
- 1 lg. carton Cool Whip
- 1 lg. can crushed pineapple
- 2 c. colored miniature marshmallows
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1 tbsp. flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp. white vinegar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/2 c. salted Spanish peanuts
- 2 lg. apples with peels, chopped into sm. Pieces
Preparation
To make California fruit salad, drain pineapple into bowl. Add marshmallows and mix. Refrigerate overnight. Combine pineapple juice, 1/2 cup sugar, flour, vinegar and egg in small saucepan. Mix and cook until thick. Cool. Again refrigerate overnight. Next day, combine the 2 refrigerated bowls, add Cool Whip, peanuts and apples. Mix and serve.
Winter fruit salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 1 lb. sliced apples
- 1 lb. sectioned oranges
- 1 can chunk pineapple
- 3 to 4 bananas, sliced
- Maraschino cherries (for color)
- Chopped nuts (optional)
Glaze
- 1 sm. can orange juice (frozen)
- 1 can orange-pineapple juice (frozen)
- 1 sm. can lemonade (frozen)
- Dash of sugar
Preparation
To prepare winter fruit salad, mix frozen juices in a saucepan. Add about 1 cup of water. Boil this mixture and add sugar to taste. After mixture has come to a boil, thicken with cornstarch and water. Combine all fruits except bananas in large bowl. Mix thoroughly and let stand for about 1/2 hour. Pour cooled glaze over mixture. Add bananas before serving. You can also add strawberries, bing cherries, peaches, etc.
Green fruit salad
Ingredients
Salad:
- Pre-washed Package of your favorite Mixed Greens
- 6-8 Large Strawberries
- 1 Bosch Pear
- 1/4 Cup French’s Fried Onions
- 1/5 Cup Crumbled Blue Cheese
- 1/3 Cup Pecans
Dressing:
- 4 Tsp All Purpose Flour
- 6 Oz Pineapple Juice
- 1/3 Cup Sugar
- 1/3 Cup Orange Juice, without pulp
- 2 Tbsp Honey
- 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
Preparation
In salad bowl, add mixed green. Cut pear and strawberries and add it to bowl. Add fried onions and pecans. Add blue cheese. Add dressing to salad when ready to serve. To make dressing, in a saucepan, combine all ingredients and heat on high. Stir dressing and bring to boil. Remove from heat once the dressing has thickened. Let cool for 20 minutes. Now serve green fruit salad.
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