Fruit Salad Recipes

Fruit salad recipes work any time of the year for almost any occasion.

Great for breakfast, lunch or dinner, they are also a hit on the buffet table.

I have given you a couple of good ideas for fruit salads here, but they can be as plain or as exotic as you like.

Mix together your favorite fruits and you will find the combinations that you like best.

Try a variety of fruits that you think will work together.

Using fruits in season guarantees a wide variety of fruit salads all year at a reasonable price.

Both of the recipes below are:

Fruit Salad with Citrus Bowl Dressing

2 oranges
2 tablespoons sugar
2 grapefruits
2 kiwi, peeled and sliced
1/2 pint strawberries, stems removed and cut in half or quartered
2 tablespoons fresh mint, chopped

Grate the zest from one of the oranges and place in a small bowl with the sugar. Mix.

Section and cut the grapefruit and oranges over a bowl, reserving 1/4 cup of the juices. Place sections in another bowl. Add kiwi, strawberries and mint.

Mix reserved juices into bowl with the zest/ sugar mixture. Pour over fruit and toss to coat. Chill for 30 minutes before serving.

Makes 6 servings.

Fresh Fruit Salad Recipe with Poppy Seed Dressing

2 pink graperfruits, peeled and sectioned
2 large naval oranges, peeled and sectioned
1 cantaloupe, peeled, seeded and cut into small cubes
1/2 honeydew melon, peeled, seeded and cut into small cubes
1 pineapple, peeled, core removed and cut into small chunks
2 cups watermelon, cubed
4 cups peaches or nectarines, peeled and sliced
1 quart strawberries, halved and stems removed

Combine all prepared fruits in a large bowl and chill for 1 hour. Make salad dressing below. Add to fruit salad and toss very gently to combine. Serve very soon after dressing has been added.

1 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup cider vinegar or raspberry vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons poppy seeds

Whisk all the ingredients together in a small bowl or shake in a jar. Cover and chill for several hours to blend flavors. (Great made the day before). Shake before using. Pour over salad and serve immediately.

• The melons look wonderful cut into small balls using a melon baller. They aren't very expensive and last for years.
• Get creative and try a mixture of fruits you think will work well. Mixed berries always work well together.
• The poppy seed dressing recipe is great on lettuce salads too. Try it on spincah. It's amazing!

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Take as many fruit as you would like my choices are: 2 Oranges 1 banana 4 Strawberries 3 blueberries 4 pieces of mango 1 raspberry 1/2 cup of milk 1...

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These are very great recipe. I tried the fruit salad recipe and turned out to be great. I loved it and so did my kids. I rated it a 4....