Favorite Fruit Salad is filled with apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, blackberries, kiwi and maraschino cherries. It has a cream cheese base making this salad creamy, fluffy and heavenly! It's perfect for holidays like Mother's Day, Father's Day or summer holiday fun. Gluten free.
12maraschino cherriesrinsed and drained and patted dry
1cupgrapesred or green or a combination of the two
1cupblackberries
3kiwispeeled, diced
3/4cuppecanschopped
8oz. pkg.cream cheesesoftened
2heaping tablespoonsgranulated sugar
8oz. containernon dairy whipped topping
1/4cuplemon juiceas needed
Instructions
Slice bananas and swish in lemon juice.
Pat dry on paper towels.
Make dressing by whipping together: softened cream cheese, granulated sugar and non-dairy whipped topping.
Fold fruit into dressing.
Refrigerate a couple of hours before serving.
Notes
NOTE: Linda’s original recipe did not call for adding lemon juice to the bananas, but I did that to make the salad last longer without the bananas going brown.