Easy Fruit Salad
Easy Fruit Salad is the PERFECT dessert, with a combo of berries, citrus fruit, kiwi, and grapes in a sweet sauce made from juice and honey and topped with fresh mint leaves.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups strawberries cut in halves
- 4 tangerines separated into sections
- 3 cups pineapple chunks
- 3 kiwi peeled and sliced
- 2 cups blueberries
- 2 cups red grapes
- mint optional
Instructions
- Add the orange juice, orange zest, lemon juice, lemon zest, and honey to a saucepan and bring to a boil on medium heat, whisking for 3-4 minutes then turn off, add in the vanilla and let cool completely.
- Add the fruit to a large bowl and toss carefully with the sauce and refrigerate for at least two hours (you can also toss each fruit individually and line up the fruits in rainbow order then garnish the fruit salad with mint).
Notes
TIPS FOR MAKING FRUIT SALAD
Part of fruit salad is the flavor, and the other part is the presentation. Try to choose fruits that have contrasting colors, so the fruit in your dish doesn’t look too similar.
Chop the fruit to roughly the same size, which makes the salad visually look better.
Plan your fruit according to the season, so you can get the freshest, juiciest fruit possible for this salad.
Try fresh herbs like basil, lemongrass, lavender, or mint to add more interesting flavors to your fruit salad.
This fruit salad dressing calls for honey, but you can also try maple syrup, brown sugar, regular sugar, or stevia. Or add flavor to this fruit salad recipe with a dash of cinnamon.
Cook your sauce for a total time of 3-4 minutes, and not longer. The longer you boil the fruit juice, the more syrup-like it will become.
If you want to add banana to this fruit salad recipe, add it just before serving so it doesn’t have a chance to get mushy.
Top this fruit salad with my easy whipped cream or homemade cool whip, or mix with homemade marshmallows (or mini marshmallows) for a sweet combination!
Part of fruit salad is the flavor, and the other part is the presentation. Try to choose fruits that have contrasting colors, so the fruit in your dish doesn’t look too similar.
Chop the fruit to roughly the same size, which makes the salad visually look better.
Plan your fruit according to the season, so you can get the freshest, juiciest fruit possible for this salad.
Try fresh herbs like basil, lemongrass, lavender, or mint to add more interesting flavors to your fruit salad.
This fruit salad dressing calls for honey, but you can also try maple syrup, brown sugar, regular sugar, or stevia. Or add flavor to this fruit salad recipe with a dash of cinnamon.
Cook your sauce for a total time of 3-4 minutes, and not longer. The longer you boil the fruit juice, the more syrup-like it will become.
If you want to add banana to this fruit salad recipe, add it just before serving so it doesn’t have a chance to get mushy.
Top this fruit salad with my easy whipped cream or homemade cool whip, or mix with homemade marshmallows (or mini marshmallows) for a sweet combination!