Fruit salad. Yawn, amiright? No! Everyone loves it, and everyone has their version they make that is always a “popular” hit. But a trend I see with a lot of fruit salads is using second or third tier fruits and mixing it with higher and higher ratios of non-fruit ingredients until it’s basically dessert. Whipped cream and Snickers bars tossed with apples? Tasty, for sure, but don’t tell me that’s a fruit salad.
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Here’s a game, let’s list the things that ruin a fruit salad. Apples. Grapes. Honeydew melon can sometimes be ok but usually it’s meh, and cantaloupe is the worst. And probably most controversial on the list, watermelon. I love watermelon, don’t get me wrong. But tossed in with other fruit it just turns to, well, water. And there’s too much variation in sweetness.
No, for the best fruit salad you want only real food; top tier/first string players for the fruit; and a little something extra. This salad is all that. Three fruits – oranges, strawberries, kiwis (way more kiwi than you’re used to seeing in a fruit salad). Dressed up a little with lime juice, mint, honey and flake salt (yes, salt – just a touch). It’s so simple, but doesn’t taste that way at all.
So, now that I’ve stirred that pot, let’s hear it! How many of my “no” fruits do you use in your fruit salad? Any you think you’ll opt out of next time? Feel like giving this one a try? Let me know in the comments what you think!
My Top Requested Fruit Salad
Ingredients:
- 3 lbs strawberries washed, stemmed, cut into quarters
- 7 oranges cara cara or navel – peel cut off, center trimmed, flesh cubed
- 6 green kiwis peel cut off, diced
- 1/4 cup lime juice, must be fresh squeezed
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp fresh mint chopped
- 1 tsp flake salt (don't sleep on this one – trust me)
Directions:
- Add the fruit to a bowl. If making ahead, keep the fruit in the fridge up to service. Just before serving time, add the lime, honey, mint and salt. Toss and enjoy.
Made this to RAVE reviews. No notes…it’s perfection. (Make sure to add the dressing at the very end, as Chris mentioned!)
Have you ever cut up all the fruit a day ahead and then mixed it all together with the dressing? I want to do this but want to make sure it wonβt all turn to mush. Thanks!
This sounds delicious! Any thoughts on how many this will serve? Thanks!
It looks delicious but is there any other fruit you recommend to substitute kiwi? I have a food allergy.
Thanks a lot!
This fruit salad is the BEST!! I did add blueberries though.π