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Easy homemade fruit salad with apple, pear, mandarin oranges and shrimp in creamy dressing. This is one of the best salad recipes, so healthy and yummy!
Fruit Salad Recipe
I love a good fruit salad recipe with my favorite fresh fruit such as apples, Asian pear, mandarin oranges and shrimp.
I always serve my fruit salad with butter lettuce or iceberg lettuce just like a fruit lettuce wrap.
The end result is always a fresh and healthy serving of salad that is ambrosia and yummy yummy!
Recipe Ingredients
This recipe calls for the following fresh fruit and ingredients:
- Green apple and red apple.
- Asian pear.
- Canned mandarin oranges. Make sure you drain the syrup and pat the mandarin oranges dry before mixing with the dressing.
- Shrimp.
You can also use a combination of berries, for examples: strawberry, raspberry, blueberries as well as blackberries.
I make the creamy dressing with mayonnaise, honey and lemon juice.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Fruit Salad
It’s very easy to make homemade fruit salad. All you have to do is choose at least two to three of your favorite fruit.
Next, peel the fruit and cut them into bite-sized pieces. I like to add shrimp to jazz up the overall taste and presentation.
The final step is to mix the diced fruit with the dressing and a fresh serving of the best salad is done!
Helpful Tips
I am sure you have salads with too many fruit in a runny and watery dressing.
For the best fruit salad, make sure you follow my tips below:
- Choose fruits that are dry in nature, for instance: apple or pear. This will ensure that the moisture content in the fruit do not dilute the creamy dressing.
- Avoid using canned fruit like peaches and pineapples. They are soaked in syrup and have lost the crisp texture and freshness.
- I love canned mandarin oranges because they are sweet and peeled without pith.
- Add the dressing to the fruit right before serving. This will avoid the dressing from getting runny or watery.
Frequently Asked Questions
I don’t recommend cool whip as a dressing but you can use it as a topping.
You may add a small teaspoon on top of the salad before serving.
I don’t recommend cream cheese or sour cream in this recipe. The texture and taste of both ingredients clash with the fresh taste of fruit.
For the best dressing, use a combination of mayonnaise, honey and lemon juice.
Some tropical fruit such as lychee and mangoes are great for this recipe.
This recipe serves 8 people as an appetizer. It is only 190 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Fruit Salad
Fruit salad is great for entertaining and best served with other appetizers. For a backyard spring/summer party, I recommend the following recipes.
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Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 1 can mandarin oranges, drained and pat dry with paper towels
- 1 green apple, peeled and cut into pieces
- 1 red apple, peeled and cut into pieces
- 1 Asian pear, peeled and cut into pieces
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 6 oz. shrimp, peeled and deveined, cut into pieces
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon honey , or powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon chopped dill
- Butter lettuce, leaves peeled, optional
Instructions
- Prepare the fruit, transfer it to a large salad bowl, and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat and add oil. Cook the shrimp until they are fully cooked and the edges are slightly crispy. Set aside on a plate lined with paper towels to drain.
- Add the mayonnaise, honey, and lemon juice to the fruit salad. Then, add the shrimp and dill, and gently stir all the ingredients together. Be careful not to overmix.
- Scoop some fruit salad onto a butter lettuce leaf and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
it is easy to make and yet so healthy., will make it again
I love your recipes! I’m excited to try this one. Can I use packaged precooked frozen shrimp for this recipe? Do I need to pan fry it? Looking forward to more recipes!
Hi Yvette, yes you can used cooked frozen shrimp. You don’t have to pan fry but if you do, they will taste better. :)
thats the perfect meal to feed people.
I would love to have it now =)
kiss
tina wimpernverlängerung
This made a beautiful and refreshing fruit salad!
Thanks for your sweet comment.
Absolutely delightful combination of fruit! This was a big hit and I highly recommend it.
Awesome thanks for trying my fruit salad! :)
I’m going to make this all your recipes sound great!
Hi Ann, thanks for your support. Yes, please try! :)