Summer fruit salad with a sweet and fresh honey lime dressing. I love a homemade fruit salad recipe and every season I can use my favorite fruits.

Fruit salad is always a great choice. Top it with this zesty and bright honey lime dressing and it will be impossible to resist.

Fruit Salad Recipe Ingredients:

I make fresh fruit salad year round with a variety of fruits. In the winter navel oranges, pomegranate seeds, pears, and bananas are wonderful. (Add the sliced bananas just before serving to complete this delicious fruit salad recipe.)

In the summer I love to add fresh chopped mint to my fruit salad recipe. Your taste buds will think they hit the road-side fruit stand.

Use 10-12 cups of fresh fruit

Strawberries
Mandarin Oranges
Nectarines
Pineapple (Fresh or canned pineapple tidbits)
Green Apples (with 1 cup pineapple juice to prevent browning)
Green Seedless Grapes
Chopped Fresh Mint
Blueberries
Blackberries
Red/purple seedless grapes

Honey Lime Dressing

fresh lime juice
honey
vanilla extract

When the sign-up goes out for bringing food to parties and gatherings, I love to bring a seasonal fruit salad.  I know that kids love it and adding fresh produce to a gathering is always a crowd pleaser.  This is the perfect side dish for any party or gathering.

Keep apples from turning brown by giving them a dunk in some pineapple juice. I let them sit in the juice while I chop the rest of the fruit and then drain and add them in to the salad. It works perfectly for any fruit salad recipe. This method also works well with pears to keep them from browning.

Instructions

Wash and chop apples and soak in a bath of pineapple juice. This will provide the perfect base for your fruit salad recipe.

Wash, peel, cut, and prepare fresh fruits into bit sized pieces. Combine all in a large mixing bowl. *If using bananas, add only when ready to serve

*If you want to make this ahead of time, keep any fresh pineapple separate. Fresh pineapple has high enzymes (so healthy) but can make the other fruits wilt after about 12 hours.

In a small bowl or glass measuring cup, whisk together the lime juice, honey, and vanilla extract. Drizzle over fruit in the large bowl and mix well.

Garnish with fresh chopped mint and serve.

If you want to make this ahead of time, keep the pinapple in its own container and don't add the dressing until about 2-3 hours before serving.

Variations

In the winter navel oranges, pomegranate seeds, pears, and bananas are wonderful in any fruit salad recipe.

mangos
kiwi
raspberries

Fresh melon has too much water content, keep the watermelon just for eating aside 😊

Top Tip:

Chop everything into similar bite-sized pieces. Eating a fruit salad is much nicer when things are all bite-sized and similar. I keep blackberries and blueberries whole usually.

Storage

Store leftover fruit salad in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2-3 days. You can even store it in a salad spinner with the straining bowl and the fruit will stay up out of the juices to not get soggy. This is excellent for preserving your fresh fruit salad recipe.

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