Favorite Fruit Salad

Teresa Ambra

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.

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Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 197 kcal

Equipment

1 large serving bowl
1 wooden spoon
1 sharp knife to cut fruit
1 nut chopper if nuts are not previously chopped
measuring cups
measuring spoons

Ingredients

1 Gala or Fuji apple unpeeled and diced
1 orange sectioned and each section cut in half
1 banana sliced
12 maraschino cherries rinsed and drained and patted dry
1 cup grapes red or green or a combination of the two
1 cup blackberries
3 kiwis peeled, diced
3/4 cup pecans chopped
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese softened
2 heaping tablespoons granulated sugar
8 oz. container non dairy whipped topping
1/4 cup lemon juice as 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.

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Nutrition

Calories: 197kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 6gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 178mgPotassium: 316mgFiber: 4gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 147IUVitamin C: 35mgCalcium: 127mgIron: 1mg

Keyword apples, bananas, blackberries, orange, salad, side dish

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