Creamy Fruit Salad Recipe & Vanilla Dressing [VIDEO] - The Recipe Rebel (2024)

FAQs

What is a creamy fruit salad made of? ›

Beat cream cheese and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Mix in whipped topping on high speed until incorporated. Fold in pineapple, fruit co*cktail, bananas, apple, coconut, pecans, raisins, and cherries. Transfer to a serving bowl, cover, and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

Step 1: Cook the dressing

In a saucepan, combine the flour, pineapple juice, orange juice concentrate, sugar, honey and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Cook the ingredients, stirring, until thickened and bubbly, about two minutes.

Ambrosia Fruit Salad

The best Ambrosia Salad recipe is made with pineapple, mandarin oranges, yogurt, mini marshmallows, coconut and whipped cream. This easy side dish has a delicious tropical sweetness and is always a crowd favorite!

Creamy dreamy salad dressings are easier than you might think. For a thicker dressing, start with a scoop of sour cream, creme fraiche, or yogurt, then whisk in your citrus juice of choice, some oil, and seasonings. Add some mustard if you like, and a hint of sweetness never hurts.

It's best to store fruit salad in an airtight container in the refrigerator. These containers create the perfect level of moisture and humidity for cut fruit, helping the pieces stay fresher for longer. We also love using these reusable silicone bags to create individual portions that are easy to grab and go for lunch.

If 'Fruit Salad' is called, everyone should stand up, run around the edge, and sit in a different space to the one they were in before. Now, tell everyone you're going to call out two fruits. No-one can move until both fruits have been called out. After the second fruit has been called out, both teams can move.

They're healthy!

Regular intake of fruit is great for maintaining optimal blood pressure and will reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke too. Get your health in check by tucking into some fresh fruit salad and you'll be better for it. Some more health benefits can be put down to the following: High in vitamin C.

Use a few Wheat on its own to create the Crackers, and then Apples (and any other fruit if you have some) to create the Fruit Salad. Then go to Mickey and see what he thinks. He'll think it's wonderful, and upon completing the conversation the quest will conclude.

Try not to mix acidic fruits, such as grapefruits and strawberries, or sub-acidic foods such as apples, pomegranates and peaches, with sweet fruits, such as bananas and raisins for a better digestion. However, you can mix acidic with sub-acidic fruits. For a similar reason, you should not mix guavas and bananas.

By adding white granulated sugar to unripened fruits, you can speed up that process and make the fruit taste more ripe. This is also a great way to make a bad batch of fruits — like flavorless watermelon or cantaloupe — taste juicy and delicious.

What is a fancy name for a fruit salad? ›

A fruit salad is sometimes known as a fruit co*cktail (often connoting a canned product), or fruit cup (when served in a small container). There are many types of fruit salad, ranging from the basic (no nuts, marshmallows, or dressing) to the moderately sweet (Waldorf salad) to the sweet (ambrosia salad).

A Waldorf salad is a fruit and nut salad generally made of celery, fresh apples, walnuts, and grapes, dressed in mayonnaise, and traditionally served on a bed of lettuce as an appetizer or a light meal. The apples, celery, and grapes can all be green, which harmonizes the color palette of the dish.

Common ingredients used in fruit salads include strawberries, pineapple, honeydew, watermelon, grapes, and kiwifruit. Various recipes may call for the addition of nuts, fruit juices, certain vegetables, yogurt, or other ingredients. One variation is a Waldorf-style fruit salad, which uses a mayonnaise-based sauce.

Some creamy, easily mashable fruits that come to mind are: Mango: delicious, sweet, ripe mangoes are pretty easy to mash. Papaya: a nice ripe papaya is super easy to mash, and oh-so-sweet! After you have removed the tiny seeds, of course. Durian!

Ripe pawpaws are soft, creamy, and custard-like, with a consistency similar to that of bananas.

iii) Fruit salad is a mixture of various fruits. The pieces of fruits can be easily differentiated, which means that fruit salad is a heterogeneous mixture.