Easy fruit salad recipe with bright honey lime dressing is fresh, simple, and naturally sweetened. Refreshing, vibrant, and colorful fruit salad that feeds a crowd and is perfect for any occasion.
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❤️ Why You'll Love It
- Quick and simple way to create a colorful and delicious dish.
- It's a delightful addition to any meal and an excellent way to enjoy the bounties of nature.
- You can use just about any mixture of fruit that you like.
I love it when you take a fruit salad to a potluck or party; people go wild over it. They can't help themselves! It is colorful and makes people feel they are doing good for their bodies and eating healthy. This one is special because it is also naturally sweetened with honey, a party favorite light dish. Best part is, it is an effortless recipe.
📝 Ingredients
Note: This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
🥄 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The detailed instructions are in the recipe card below.
- In a saucepan, add fruit salad dressing ingredients, bring to a boil, then simmer for 2-3 minutes until sauce is infused with the mint. Remove from heat strain and let it cool down completely.
- Gather, chop and prepare the fruits you are using. Place in a large bowl.
- Pour the sauce over.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until serving. Toss well and serve.
👍 Amira's Tips
- Try to choose equally ripe fruits. It always feels weird to have pieces of fruit that are either mushy or crunchy.
- You can infuse the dressing with any herb of your choice. If you do not like mint, use basil, rosemary, thyme, lime zest... etc. You can also flavor the dressing with vanilla, orange blossom water, or rose water.
- If you do not have lime, you can use lemon juice too.
- Make sure to use fresh lime juice and fresh mint.
- I always like to serve mine with extra dressing on the side.
- For a fancier look, you may want to garnish the top with Chantilly Cream.
🧺 Storage
Refrigerate- Fruit salad can be kept in an airtight container and refrigerated for 3-4 days.
Freeze - This fruit salad does not freeze well. It is best enjoyed fresh.
👩🍳 Variations
- My mom's recipe was to sprinkle some sugar over fresh strawberries and bananas with a squirt of lime juice, keep it in the fridge for two hours then add any other fruits she would like to.
- I've replaced the sugar in mama's recipe with honey added some orange juice and lime juice and flavored it with mint. This recipe is very versatile, use whatever fruits you have and you can also flavor the dressing with vanilla, thyme, rosemary or basil.
- Substitute red grapes for green grapes and mandarin oranges for oranges.
- For a vegan fruit salad, substitute agave nectar or maple syrup for the honey.
- Use pineapple juice or apple juice instead of orange juice for a different flavor.
- Make a patriotic red, white & blue fruit salad to celebrate the 4th of July using summer fruits like berries, fresh pineapple, dragon fruit, and watermelon.
- Mix in some poppy seeds for a little crunch.
💬 FAQs
Well, here is a guide for seasonal produce to help you. For me I like luscious juicy fruits, strawberries, bananas and oranges are a must. It is up to you of course, some people do not like bananas as they might get soggy and awkward. See notes below regarding bananas.
My two suggestions for you are to use lime juice and not cut the produce too small, as fruits get mushy faster when the pieces are small.
Usually, fruit salads are good for 3-5 days refrigerated. I find this fruit salad good for 3 days. After that, the fruits lose their crispness and become bland.
👩🏫 My Personal Experience
Fruit salad has been always a favorite for me since I was a little kid. When I was growing up, strawberries were the only berries we knew.
Blueberries, blackberries, and such were not common in Egypt back then, and I believe they are still not that common. My mom is an avid fruit lover, so we would always have fruit salad at home, even in the simplest form: bananas and strawberries.
In winter, my mom made a fruit salad using bananas, strawberries and oranges. In summer, she would add mangoes and, on some occasions, diced apples as well. So this is my kind of fruit salad: luscious, sweet, and so refreshing.
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Easy Fruit Salad (with Honey Lime Dressing)
Ingredients
- 3 Bananas , about 1 pound
- 2 medium oranges peeled and cut.
- 1 (16 oz/ 454g) container Strawberries.
- 1 pound diced mangos
- 2 cups Grapes , about 300g
For the sauce:
- ½ cup orange juice , about 120ml
- 2 Tablespoons lime juice
- 1-2 Tablespoons honey
- 1 Tablespoons mint leaves
Instructions
- In a sauce pan over medium high heat, bring sauce ingredients to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 2-3 minutes until the sauce is infused by the mint leaves. Turn heat off and strain.Set aside to cool down.
- In a deep bowl, layer the fruits making sure to put the banana slices at the bottom topped with oranges if using then the rest of your fruits in any given order. Note3
- Pour the sauce over, cover and refrigerate for an hour.
- Toss and serve with more sauce on the side if desired.
Notes
- You can skip the honey altogether if your fruits are sweet enough. The mangoes I had was kind of sour but the rest of the fruits were sweet so I just used one Tablespoon of honey.
- You can increase the mint leaves or use a different herb like basil if you would like to. Also you can flavor the sauce with vanilla, orange blossom water or rose water.
- We love having a little bit tender- but not mushy- banana slices so I put them at the bottom so they will soak the sauce as this will flavor the sauce with banana meanwhile keeping the bananas from changing color. If you do not like tender banana slices and want them firm, then delay adding the banana slices until the very end and add just add when you are ready to serve.
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