Fruit salad?!
Answers: any easy recipes for easy fruit salad?
Here is the very best fruit salad you will ever eat. One can fruit cocktail drained, one can dark sweet cheeries drained, one can mandarin oranges drained, two or three bananas sliced, chopped walnuts or pecans, half bag of mini marshmallows, 8 ounce container of cool whip. Mix all together. Chill
take any and all fruit that you have, pit and cut into bite sized pieces.
I have a few for you.
1 (8.25 ounce) can Pineapple Chunks, undrained
1 (11 ounce) can Mandarin Oranges, drained
1 (8 ounce) container Sour Cream, any variety
1 cup Coconut Flakes
1 cup Miniature Marshmallows
Drain pineapple, reserving 1 Tbsp. of the juice.
Mix pineapple, reserved juice and remaining ingredients; toss lightly. Cover.
Refrigerate several hours or until chilled.
Yield: 7 servings
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Get all the fruits you can find and put it in a huge bowl cut up of course.
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2 medium oranges (peeled & sectioned)
2 medium apples (cored & cut into chunks)
4 cups lettuce (shredded)
1/2 cup celery (chopped)
2 medium bananas (sliced)
1 cup pecans (broken)
1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons prepared mustard
1/4 teaspoon celery seeds
Add oranges and apples in a bowl.
cover& chill.
Combine the shredded lettuce and celery in lettuce-lined serving bowl, cover and chill also.
At serving time,toss fruit mixture with sliced bananas.
Transfer fruit mixture on top of the lettuce-lined bowls.
Sprinkle pecans on top.
For dressing, combine mayonnaise, whipping cream, mustard,& celery seed.
Pour over fruit mixture And toss gently to coat ingredients.
1-30 oz. can fruit cocktail, drained*
1-11 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained*
1- 20 oz. can pineapple chunks, do not drain*
2 firm bananas, sliced approx. 1 in. thick, optional
1 box instant vanilla pudding *
Combine all ingredients, stirring until dry pudding moisture is fully incorporated into the fruit mixture. Salad will appear to be runny, but will thicken as the pudding absorbs the pineapple juice. Chill for at least 1/2 hour or overnight. Stir before serving.
If salad sits for longer than 4 hours before serving, I have found that it is best to add the optional sliced bananas just before serving, as they will brown slightly, however, it will only affect the appearance, not the flavor of the salad if the bananas darken.
Variations include adding other canned or fresh fruits, using another flavor of pudding mix, such as lemon, coconut, banana, etc. When my children were younger I would add marshmallows or shredded coconut, or even chopped nuts.
FRUIT SALAD
1/2 cup lime juice
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
2 medium nectarines, sliced
1 large banana, sliced
1 pint blueberries
1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced
1-1/2 cups watermelon balls
1 cup green grapes
1 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced
In a bowl, combine lime juice, water and sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add nectarines and banana, toss to coat. In a large glass bowl, combine remaining fruits and add the nectarine mixture, stir gently. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve with a slotted serving spoon.
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