Best Fruit Salad

This Best Fruit Salad is easy to make and uses fresh, juicy berries. It’s the perfect use for all the fresh summer fruit! Plus, one simple, natural ingredient that makes it amazing. Delicious side or dessert for a summer cookout, potluck, or gathering, and equally as delicious and an ice cream topping!

Best Fruit Salad

I came up with this Best Fruit Salad recipe on total accident. I was in a hurry, and I ran to the store to grab some stuff to throw together for dinner.  I thought fruit salad would be good, so I just grabbed some fresh berries and grapes, paid, and ran back to the car.  Now, several years later, I’m still making this magnificent, accidental best fruit salad.  And I get compliments at cookouts and holidays all the time.

It is seriously so simple and so good, with very little added sugar.  A couple tips for making your own. One of my kiddos is a blackberry fiend, so he loves it when I throw some of those in there too.  Feel free to experiment with adding blackberries or raspberries.  Also, the lemon juice is a MUST. I don’t know why, but the lemon juice really makes or breaks this recipe. And it must be lemon. We tried lime juice once, and it just wasn’t the same.  You can, however, sub the 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar for honey, if you’d like.

Chill the fruit salad until you’re ready to eat.  Then serve cold. And if you want a real treat, heap some on top of a scoop of creamy vanilla ice cream!

Best Fruit Salad Recipe

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Best Fruit Salad

Prep Time

20 mins

Total Time

20 mins

 

This Best Fruit Salad is easy to make and uses fresh, juicy berries. It's the perfect use for all the fresh summer fruit! Plus, one simple, natural ingredient that makes it amazing. Delicious side or dessert for a summer cookout, potluck, or gathering, and equally as delicious and an ice cream topping!

Servings: 12

Calories: 129 kcal

Author: Michelle

Ingredients

• 2 pounds strawberries cut into bite-sized pieces
• 2 pints blueberries
• 2 pounds seedless grapes any color, cut into quarters
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• Juice from half a lemon

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Stir gently to combine.
3. Cover and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Nutrition Facts

Best Fruit Salad

Amount Per Serving

Calories 129

% Daily Value*

Sodium 3mg 0%

Potassium 320mg 9%

Total Carbohydrates 33g 11%

Dietary Fiber 4g 16%

Sugars 25g

Protein 1g 2%

Vitamin A 2%

Vitamin C 67.3%

Calcium 2.4%

Iron 4.5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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