Company Fruit Salad
Gluten Free Living – 2024
Company Fruit Salad is a dynamite fruit salad recipe. This one includes apples, pears, mandarin oranges, pineapple and both green and red grapes. The luscious salad dressing includes cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise and sugar. This recipe is so easy to whip up and will certainly delight your palate! It will also last a few days in the refrigerator if you have leftovers!
Follow Me On Instagram!
Back in late March, I made a meal for our worship pastor and his family after his wife gave birth to their fourth child. I made a Swiss Steak with Mushrooms, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Pineapple Casserole, Homemade Bread, this lovely salad and a Bird’s Nest Pie. They texted back that night that everything was an A+!
This Company Fruit Salad is truly a wonderful side dish for company meals, holiday meals or any kind of family get-together. The fruit and dressing work so well together. And, I assure you, EVERYONE will want seconds! Some may even prefer this fruit salad over dessert!
Company Fruit Salad is a wonderful fruit salad recipe to make for company or holidays.
This fruit salad is quick and easy to whip up.
You can serve it in parfait dishes if desired.
The cream cheese-sour cream salad dressing mixture dresses up this fruit salad so well.
Here’s what I did.
I used these ingredients.
Drain pineapple in colander but reserve the juice.
Pour pineapple juice into a small bowl. You can also use lemon juice.
Dice apples and swish in the pineapple juice.
Remove apple pieces to paper towels to drain.
Dice pears and swish pear pieces in pineapple juice (or use lemon juice).
Remove pear pieces to paper towels to drain.
Place apple and pear pieces into a large mixing bowl.
Add drained pineapple, drained mandarine orange segments, halved red grapes and halved green grapes.
Combine softened cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise and granulated sugar in a small mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
Pour cream cheese mixture over top of fruit salad ingredients. Scrape bowl with rubber spatula to clean the bowl.
Stir ingredients to combine.
Transfer salad to a serving bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a few hours if not serving immediately.
Serve!
Company Fruit Salad is a real treat during the hot days of summer!
Some may even prefer this salad to dessert!
This fruit salad is so creamy. The cream cheese mixture goes perfectly with the fruit.
Company Fruit Salad is gluten free.
Here’s the recipe.
COMPANY FRUIT SALAD
(Recipe adapted from Taste of Home, Annual Recipes, 1996, pg. 26)
Company Fruit Salad
Equipment
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 large serving bowl or salad bowl
- 1 large serving spoon or tongs
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 sharp knife
- 1 paring knife
- 1 cutting board
- 1 colander
- 1 rubber spatula
- 1 electric mixer
Ingredients
SALAD:
- 3 large Gala apples unpeeled, cored, diced (or 4 medium)
- 3 large pears unpeeled, cored, diced (or 4 medium)
- 2 cups green seedless grapes halved
- 2 cups red seedless grapes halved
- 20 oz. can pineapple chunks drained, but reserve juice (see note below)
- 11 oz. can mandarin oranges drained
- lemon juice optional, if needed
CREAM CHEESE DRESSING:
- 4 oz. pkg. cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
SALAD:
- Drain pineapple and place juice in a small bowl.
- Dice apples and pears and swish in bowl with reserved pineapple juice.
- Lay apple and pear pieces on paper towels to drain.
- Combine apples, grapes, pineapple and mandarin oranges in a salad bowl.
CREAM CHEESE DRESSING:
- In a separate bowl, beat the dressing ingredients with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Pour salad dressing over top of fruit; toss ingredients gently to coat.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Refrigerate leftovers.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.
© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen
Nutrition
Company Fruit Salad is elegant enough to serve for company or holiday meals.
Apples, pears, grapes, mandarin oranges and pineapple are irresistible in this luscious salad.
If you enjoy Fruit Salads, you’ll love this one! Plus, since it makes 20 servings, it’s an excellent choice for potlucks or large gatherings.
Prepare to have Company Fruit Salad rock your world!
You may also enjoy these delicious recipes!
