Easy Fruit Salad Recipes

A collection of easy fruit salad recipes and some fruit salad dressing recipes that are a favorite at our house.

 Please share your favorite fruit salad recipe below.

Romaine Fruit Salad

Ingredients

• romaine lettuce cut up
• avocado cut in slices
• kiwi cut up
• assorted fruit such as watermelon, grapes, blueberries, grapefruit, strawberries, orange segments

Toss ingredients together and serve with one of the dressings below.

Citrus Salad Dressing Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/3 Cup oil
• 1 teaspoon orange peel
• ½ Cup grapefruit juice
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon mustard
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Mix together.

Honey Dressing

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons lime juice
• 2 teaspoons honey
• ¼ teaspoons salt
• 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil

Mix together.

Watermelon Salad

Ingredients

• 1 Cup seeded chopped watermelon
• 1/2 Cup chopped strawberries
• ½ Cup chopped kiwifruit
• ½ Cup chopped peaches
• 3 Tablespoons lime juice
• 4 teaspoons honey
• 1-2 mint leaves, chopped, optional

Mix together. Could serve in halved and hollowed limes for added affect, in hollowed out watermelon, or inside half a coconut, hollowed pineapple, etc.

Watermelon Shapes

You can create a great kid friendly salad just by how you present it.

Spinach Strawberry Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• fresh spinach or romaine lettuce
• fruit of choice: sliced strawberries, sliced kiwi, grapefruit sections, etc.

Dressing:

• 1 C. oil
• 4 T. sour cream
• 5 T. vinegar
• ½ tsp. mustard
• 2 garlic cloves
• ½ tsp. salt
• 2 T. sugar
• 2 tsp. parsley

Blend oil and sour cream. Then mix in vinegar and other ingredients. Shake well before using.

Grape Salad Recipe Video

Layered Easy Fruit Salad Recipes

Fruit and Pudding Salad

Ingredients

• 2 cups peaches, sliced
• 2 cups strawberries
• 2 cups grapes
• 2 cups bananas sliced
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
• 1 package vanilla or banana pudding
• 6 ounce can crushed pineapple with juice

In a bowl, combine milk, sour cream and pudding mixture. Gently stir in pineapple. Chill. In a serving bowl, layer peaches, strawberries, grapes and bananas. You can add a different fruit, use whatever you like. Pour pudding mixture over the top and let chill several hours before serving.

Watermelon Salad

• 1 Cup seeded, chopped watermelon
• 1/2 Cup chopped strawberries
• ½ Cup chopped kiwifruit
• ½ Cup chopped peaches
• 3 Tablespoons lime juice
• 4 teaspoons honey

Mix fruit together in serving bowl. Mix lime juice and honey together and toss over fruit.
***For fun you could serve the salad in halved and hollowed limes, in hollowed out watermelon, or inside half a coconut, hollowed pineapple, etc.

Peach Strawberry Salad

Ingredients

• 1 Cup strawberries
• 1 Cup plain or vanilla yogurt
• 1 Cup peaches
• 1-2 Tablespoons sugar
• dash cinnamon

In a serving bowl add strawberries and peaches. In a separate bowl, stir together yogurt, sugar and cinnamon. Pour over top of fruit. Gently fold into mixture to cover.

Classic Waldorf Salad

This salad dates back to the late 1800's where the New York Waldorf-Astoria hotel served this. It originally only had mayonnaise, apples and celery. We've added a few more ingredients.
Ingredients

• 4 Cups shredded Romaine lettuce, optional
• 2 red apples, diced
• 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
• ¼ Cup grapes, halved
• ½ Cup walnuts, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• ½ Cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 Cup sour cream
• juice of 1 lemon

In a mixing bowl add apples, grapes, walnuts and celery.  Blend together mayonnaise, sour cream and lemon juice in different bowl. Add sour cream mixture to fruit salad and stir to coat. In a serving bowl, lay lettuce on bottom of bowl. Spoon fruit salad on top of lettuce. Chill before serving.

Ambrosia Salad

Ingredients

bag mini marshmallows

18 oz. can mandarin oranges

large can crushed pineapple -drained

small jar maraschino cherries, cut in half

1 can peaches, diced

1 Cup shredded coconut

32 oz. flavored yogurt, plain yogurt or sour cream

In a serving bowl, add marshmallows, oranges, pineapple, peaches, cherries and coconut. Stir yogurt into fruit mixture and stir until well combined.

A frog eye salad is much similar to this recipe but has cooked acini di pepe pasta stirred into the recipe. Acini di pepe are small round pasta that resemble frog eyes!

Orange Fluff Easy Fruit Salad Recipes

by Flora (USA)

• 1 small box orange jello
• 1-16 oz small curd cottage cheese
• 1 can mandarin oranges, drained and diced
• small 1 can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 large cool whip

1) In a large bowl combine cottage cheese and orange jello, fold together.
2) After draining all fruit and dicing oranges, add these to cheese mix in bowl. Mix well.
3) Fold in cool whip gently, be sure to mix well.
4) Place this in refrigerator for at least 1 hr to set well.

Fruit Salad 4 Ways

Fruit in a Cloud Salad Dessert

Ingredients:

• 1 (21 oz.) can cherry pie filling
• 1 (21 oz) can strawberry pie filling
• 2 C crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 (12 oz.) container whipped topping, thawed
• 3/4 C pecans, chopped, optional

Directions:
Place both cans of pie filling into a large mixing bowl.
Fold in the crushed pineapple until well combined.
Pour the milk into the mixture and stir until all the ingredients are incorporated together well.
Fold the whipped topping into the mixture until the topping is smooth.
Sprinkle in the pecans and stir until well combined.
Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours being sure the salad is chilled completely through before serving.
Serves:  8
Try a variation of this recipe for Eton Mess, a British recipe. 

Chicken Strawberry Salad

Salad Ingredients:

• 2 T. extra virgin olive oil
• Shredded Rotisserie chicken or cooked chicken breasts cubed
• 5 c. mixed salad greens
• ½ pint fresh strawberries, sliced
• 2 oz. Feta cheese, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 3 oz. pecan halves

Dressing Ingredients:

• ¼ c. extra virgin olive oil
• 2 T. balsamic vinegar
• 1 t. Dijon mustard
• ½ T. fresh lemon juice
• ¼ t. garlic powder
• Pinch sea salt
• Optional: 1 t. honey

Directions:

1. Prepare the dressing by combining all ingredients in a jar. Put lid on jar and shake until well combined. Taste and adjust seasonings, as desired. Set aside.
2. Arrange mixed salad greens on a platter and top with the shredded chicken, sliced strawberries, Feta cheese, and pecans.
3. Drizzle the balsamic dressing on top and serve immediately.

Pomegranate Salad Recipe

Try this fruity salad recipe with oranges, avocados and pomegranates.

Fruit Cocktail

• 2 apples, cored, peeled and cut in chunks
• 1 1/2 Cups pineapple chunks
• 1 orange, peeled and sectioned
• 1/2-1 Cup dried cranberries
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 Cups apple juice
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

In a saucepan, add lemon juice and apple juice. Bring to a boil. Then add cinnamon sticks, lemon peel and salt. Stir together. Bring back to a boil. Reduce to low and continue to cook 10 minutes. Set aside and cool 15-20 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, place apples, pineapple and orange. Take cinnamon sticks out of juice mixture, then pour juice over fruit. Chill several hours. Serve.

Try a grapefruit salad with grapefruit, oranges, and pears with a light citrus dressing.

Share your easy fruit salad recipes!

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