Recipes For Fruit Salad
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Fruit Salad Recipes
When the temperatures are up and you don't feel like cooking, fruit salads are the way to go!
They are refreshing and mouth watering delicious!
If you are looking for scrumptious fruit salad recipes, you have come to the right place!
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Watermelon Basket Fruit Salad
My favorite fruit salad of all time!
This watermelon basket fruit salad is amazing!
And if you can't get your kids to eat fruit.. believe me they will eat this up!
Delicious fruit with a super yummy orangey vanilla sauce to go on top!
This is the perfect salad to serve any time.
This watermelon basket fruit salad can be loaded with melon balls or whatever fruit is in season right now!
The recipe is easy and gives you the perfect WOW factor at any picnic, get-together, party or any occasion, festive or not!
Plus... you don't have to cook!!!!! Yay!!!
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Photo Credit: Mia Ponzo
Watermelon Basket Fruit Salad Recipe
Fruit (you can use any kind of fresh fruit, preferably what is in season)
Good Choices:
Any kind of melon
bananas
oranges
pineapple
apple
strawberries
blueberries
raspberries
blackberries
pears
cherries
mangoes
kiwis
tangerines
apricots
peaches
You can cut the fruit into small chunks or ball them with a melon baller.
Cut the fruit right before you are going to fill the basket to avoid rusting (apples will rust, for example)
Once you have made the completed salad, keep it in the refrigerator covered.
(How To Carve and Sauce Recipe to follow).
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How To Carve the Watermelon
You will need a large sharp knife, a smaller sharp knife, and a melon baller (if you are going to use one).
You will be using the melon from inside your watermelon as the base fruit for your fruit salad.
It is best to use a long type of watermelon, but a round one will do also..
(If you are going to use a round melon you will need to cut a portion out of the bottom so that the watermelon won't roll over).
The pictures and the video below shows exactly how to cut the watermelon.
It's EASY!!!!
The video shows the watermelon with triangular cuts out of it for decoration, but you can also cut curved designs, or no design at all, if you prefer.
Photo Credit: Mia Ponzo
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Delicious Fruit Salad Sauce
Watermelon Basket Fruit Salad with Pudding Sauce!
This is it!!!!!
Super YUMMY!!!!!
Photo Credit: Mia Ponzo
Fruit Salad Pudding Sauce Recipe
1 package of instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup of milk
6 tablespoons of concentrated orange juice
(You can also add cream cheese for another delicious flavorful sauce)
Just mix these all together and you have your sauce
The salad is great without the sauce too, but for those who love a creamy pudding sauce, this is the one for you!!!
You can use other kinds (other than vanilla) of instant pudding mix as well, to give a variety of flavors to your fruit salad.
Try banana cream or cheesecake, too! YUMMY!!!!!
You can also use cooked pudding mixes too, but cook it first and don't cook it the length of time required.. after taking off the heat, just go and add your orange juice concentrate.
You may also want to add mango pulp, instead of concentrated orange juice... which is amazing, too!
Photo Credit: Mia Ponzo
Mia's Delish Fruit Parfait
This fruit parfait will make you think that you are eating something totally decadent and totally BAD for you!
But you're not!!!!
This recipe is based on one that is found on the Kraft Recipes site, but I have adapted it more to my own taste :)
Photo Credit: Kraftrecipes.com
Mia's Delish Fruit Salad Recipe
This recipe serves 8 people.
You will need:
1 cup each of berries (or more if you are going to make it for more people) strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, or other are all fine.
(My little twist is to cut up some mango into fine pieces (or strawberries if you don't have mango) and add it into the cream cheese mixture)...
Instant Vanilla Pudding (1 package) - you might also like to try lemon, butterscotch, or other pudding.
8 oz of cream cheese that is room temperature.
1.5 cups of cold milk (I prefer skimmed, because it makes the recipe taste lighter).
1.5 cups of sweetened whipped cream (Cool Whip is fine or Dream Whip or fresh). (You will need to divide this into one cup and 1/2 cup).
Vanilla Wafer cookies (If you are going to go by the Kraft recipe, you will need 24, but I personally prefer to use graham crackers or even cinnamon graham crackers).
How:
Beat cream cheese till creamy and add the milk slowly while blending.
Blend in pudding mix.
Fold in whipped cream.
Fill parfait dishes (or any tall glass, etc) with layers starting with the cookies or graham crackers, then the fruit, then the whipped cream blend, and repeat again. Put a large dollop of the previously reserved whipped cream on top for a beautiful and delicious parfait!
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sponias
Aug 23, 2011 @ 12:53 am | delete
- I love fruit salads! Thank you for the recipes!
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phoenix-arizona-friends
Jul 15, 2011 @ 6:33 pm | delete
- Great recipes!
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frances
Jul 14, 2011 @ 1:10 pm | delete
- The watermelon basket idea looks fun!
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Ecolicious
Jul 11, 2011 @ 11:27 am | delete
- i like it just like this.... wow my mouth is watering. what a tasty lens. blessing
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