Fruit Salad Recipes

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When luscious fruits and vegetables are available in such great variety, daily meals need not be boring.

Serve them fresh and uncooked or cook them with care to provide needed nutrients and appetite appeal to your diet.

For an easy fresh fruit salad, cut a variety of four or five fresh fruits you have on hand into bit size pieces such as apples, bananas, strawberries, grapes, etc. You can also use a can of drained fruit cocktail. Then add a can of cherry pie filling and mix.

Best Fruit Salad

12oz sour cream
1 sm box instant vanilla pudding
4 tsp. sugar
30oz can fruit cocktail, drained
20oz can crushed pineapple with juice
2 c. miniature marshmallows

Mix sour cream, pudding, sugar, pineapple, and juice. Add fruit cocktail and marshmallows and chill.

Last Minute Salad

1 can cherry pie filling
1 can chunk pineapple
1 c. miniature marshmallows

Mix together and refrigerate

Christmas Cherry Salad

6oz cherry jello
1-21oz can cherry pie filling
3 c. boiling water
6 oz. cream cheese
Margarine
2 c. miniature marshmallows
12 oz. whipped topping

Mix cherry jello and 3 cups boiling water. Add cherry pie mix. Set until still sticky to the touch. Melt cream cheese with a little margarine and marshmallows. Cool. Add 12oz of whipped topping. Spread over jello. Refrigerate.
Recipe from a 2001 Catholic School cookbook called Classic Creations

Pink Panther Salad

1 can cherry pie filling
1 can crushed pineapple
1 can Eagle Brand milk
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1 large cool whip
1 cup chopped pecans

Mix together in a large bowl.
Recipe from a 1981 Indiana Church Cookbook

Jello Salad Recipe

1 large Cool Whip
14 oz of crushed pineapple - drained
500g of cottage cheese
3 oz of jello powder any flavor is fine

Blend Cool Whip and jello powder pkg. together, then blend in cottage cheese and pineapple. Add nuts and some small miniature marshmallows (colored decorates nicely) Refrigerate until set

Five Cup Salad

1 c. sour cream
1 c. miniature marshmallows
1 c. crushed or cubed pineapple, drained
1 c. mandarin oranges
1 c. seedless grapes

Mix all ingredients together and set in refrigerator overnight

Broken Glass Salad

1 box cherry Jello
1 box lime Jello
1 box orange Jello
1 c. pineapple juice
1/4 c. sugar
1 box lemon Jello
1/2 c. water
1-8oz carton Cool Whip

Dissolve cherry, lime, and orange Jello separately in a bowl with 1 1/2 cups boiling water. Pour each into an 8 inch pan and chill. Bring 1 cup pineapple juice, 1/4 c. sugar and 1/2 c. water to a boil and add 1 box lemon jello. Stir until dissolved. Chill until thick. Then fold in Cool Whip. Fold in 1" Jello squares.
Recipe from a 2001 Catholic Church cookbook from Hardington Nebraska

Margo's Happy Day Salad

1 pkg. vanilla instant pudding
12 oz pkg topping
30 oz. can fruit cocktail
30 oz can mandarin oranges
4 bananas, diced
1 cup miniature marshmallows

Prepare pudding according to directions. Fold in topping, then add remaining fruit. Chill well before serving.

Coca Cola Salad

2 small pkg. cherry jello
1 small pkg. lime jello
1 large can crushed pineapple
2 1/2 c. Coca Cola
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Mix together cherry jello, lime jello, and crushed pineapple. Put on stove and cook until boiling. Take off stove and add Coke and nuts to mixture. Stir in pan well; pour in bowl and refrigerate.
Recipe from a 1981 Indiana Church Cookbook

Fruit Grape Salad

2 eggs
1/2 cup orange juice
2 cups any type seedless grapes - halved
1/4 cup maraschino cherries - halved
1 can (20 ounces) pineapple chunks - drained
2 medium bananas - sliced
2 cups frozen whipped topping - thawed
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

In a small saucepan, cook the eggs and orange juice over very low heat until slightly thickened, stirring constantly; then set aside to cool. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the grapes, cherries, pineapple, and bananas. Fold in the egg mixture until evenly combined, then top with the whipped topping and walnuts, and chill overnight to blend the flavors. Add a bit more nuts if you like, or omit the cherries if you want.

Cream Sauces for fruit

1 - 3/4 cup thick cream
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Mix cream and milk, beat until stiff, using eggbeater; add sugar and vanilla.

Cream Sauce #2

1 egg
1/2 cup thick cream
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Beat white of egg until stiff; add yolk of egg well beaten, and sugar gradually; dilute cream with milk, beat until stiff, combine mixtures, and flavor.

Also see Party Fruit Dips

How to Make Ambrosia

In a bowl add a
10oz can of mandarin oranges - drained
1 can of pineapple chunks - drained
1 cup of shredded coconut
1 cup miniature colored marshmallows
1/4 cup walnuts chopped
6 to 10 maraschino cherries cut in half
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup of miracle whip or coolwhip
Mix all together and refrigerate until needed.
Decorate with a few cherries on top.

Tossed Fruit Salad

2 cups shredded cabbage
1 cup diced oranges
1 cup sliced, unpeeled apples (Red Delicious)
2 teaspoons grated onion
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/3 cup mayonnaise

Combine all ingredients and toss lightly. Serve on crisp salad greens
Recipe from a 1974 Famliy Circle Cookbook

Brunch Fruit Salad

1-20oz can pineapple chunks
2 lg. firm bananas
1 c. green grapes
1-15oz can mandarin oranges
1 golden delicious apple, sliced
1 red apple, sliced
1/2 c. sugar
2 T. cornstarch
1/3 c. orange juice
1 T. lemon juice

Drain pineapple. Put fruit in a saucepan and add sugar, cornstarch and juices. Bring to a boil and cook 2 minutes. Pour over fruit and refrigerate.
Recipe from a 2001 Catholic Scool Cookbook from Hardington Nebraska

Note: When I read this recipe it is unclear which fruit to add to the saucepan. The drained pineapple? To me it seems that 2 T cornstarch is too much for just 1/3 c. orange juice, and they don't say what to do with the Mandarin oranges, drain them? Is that where the orange juice comes from? I guess I'll have to try this recipe to find out.

Pinanna Salad

1 large can pineapple chunks
3 to 4 bananas
1/2 - 3/4 cup mayonaise

Mix all together and chill. Serve as soon as possible, before bananas turn.

Orange Salad

Cut five thin-skinned sour oranges in very thin slices, and slices in quarters. Marinate with a dressing made by mixing one-third cup olive oil, one and one-half tablespoons each lemon juice and vinegar, one-third teaspoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon paprika, and a few grains mustard. Serve on a bed of watercress.

Brazilian Salad

Remove skin and seeds from white grapes and cut in halves lengthwise. Add an equal quantity of shredded fresh pineapple, apples pared, cored, and cut in small pieces, and celery cut in small pieces; then add one-fourth the quantity of Brazil nuts broken in pieces. Mix thoroughly, and season with lemon juice. Moisten with Creamy Mayonnaise Dressing.

Fruits and vegetables

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