Need an awesome side dish for dinner, or something to take to your next picnic? You will love this easy fruit salad recipe with honey-yogurt dip!
Fresh Fruit Salad with Honey-Yogurt Dip
If you want to take something to your next picnic or party that will please just about everyone, make this fresh fruit salad recipe! Fruit salads are a great choice because they are super healthy and loaded with Vitamin C and plenty of fiber.
The standout “star” in this flavorful fruit salad is the addition of Cotton Candy® grapes. This newer, super sweet variety delivers a very distinctive flavor worthy of its memory-invoking name.
Simple Fresh Fruit Salad Tips – For the best presentation, do not add the strawberries to the salad until right before serving. Otherwise, the lighter-colored fruits will absorb their bright red color. To prevent browning, slice and add kiwi to the bowl right before serving, as well.
- This recipe for fruit salad serves about 6 and can be easily doubled or tripled to serve a larger crowd.
Delicious Yogurt Dip:
1 cup plain, full-fat Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Blend together the 3 ingredients in a small bowl. Double or triple this easy recipe.
Healthy Fresh Fruit Salad Recipe with a Tasty Dipping sauce
- 1 cup seedless green grapes, * washed and halved
- 1 cup fresh pineapple, cut into chunks
- 1 large ripe mango, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1/4 cup fresh pineapple juice
- Zest of 1 organic lime**
- 2 tablespoons of fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh mint, finely chopped
- Optional: 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled and cut into chunks
- 2 large fresh kiwi, peeled, halved and sliced
- *If possible use Cotton Candy® green grapes
- **zest lime before juicing
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Prepare yogurt dip by combining all ingredients in a medium bowl. Cover and place in refrigerator until ready to use.
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To assemble fruit salad, combine prepared grapes, pineapple, and mango in a large glass or other non-reactive bowl. Add pineapple juice, lime zest and juice, and mint to bowl and toss to combine.
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For additional sweetness, drizzle mixture with honey and gently stir to combine, if desired.
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Chill fruit mixture in refrigerator for at least one hour. Place prepared strawberries in a separate container to chill at the same time.
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Once chilled, remove fruit salad and strawberries from refrigerator and add strawberries and freshly sliced kiwi to the bowl. Gently stir to combine and serve immediately with honey-yogurt dip.
Don’t forget the delicious yogurt and honey dip for your fresh fruit salad!
Note: Cotton Candy® grapes are not a genetically modified food. Instead, their wonderful taste is the result of selective natural cross-breeding practices conducted over many years.
Easy Additions to Your Fruit Salad
Orange Slices
Blueberries
Blackberries
Banana Slices
Your fruit is guaranteed to disappear quickly when you serve it with a yummy dip.
How to Clean and Dehull Strawberries
Organic Strawberries
- Buy Organic Strawberries if possible because non-organic can can be heavily sprayed with pesticides.
Place all your strawberries in a colander in your sink and spray well with water.
Drain and let dry for a few minutes.
Cut the top leafy part of the strawberry off with a sharp knife and also the very tip of the bottom of the strawberry.
Slice the strawberry lengthwise or straight across.
Non-Organic Strawberries
Let strawberries soak in water with 1 part vinegar to 4 parts water. Let soak for about 15 minutes.
Spray with water to removed vinegar and any reside. Let dry before slicing.
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