Fruit Salad Recipes | Taste of Home (2024)

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How do you keep fruit salad from getting soggy? ›

Citrus fruits, like oranges or lemons, add a refreshing and tangy flavor to salads. The acidity in citrus helps balance the bitterness of greens by enhancing other taste sensations and masking some of the bitter notes.

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.

It is the acid that helps keep the fruit (bananas and apples mostly - pears too) from oxidizing - turning brown. You can use other citrus fruit juices if you wish or citric acid (in powder form) and sprinkle it in with the salad - though the lemon usually makes a nice flavor combination.

How do you keep fruit salad from getting soggy? Overnight fruit salad is meant to be a little softer and refrigerating overnight helps create that texture. For other fresh fruit salads, reserving any dressings and keeping the fruits separate until ready to serve will ensure your salad isn't soggy.

Fresh Mint: A few sprigs of fresh mint add brightness and flavor to this fruit salad! Flaky Salt: This is optional, but highly recommended! A pinch of sea salt perfectly compliments the sweetness of the fruit and brings this dish together.

Adding salt to a fruit salad is not a common practice, as fruit salads are typically enjoyed for their natural sweetness and refreshing flavors. However, adding a small pinch of salt can sometimes enhance the taste of the fruits by subtly balancing the sweetness and bringing out the natural flavors.

Sweetness: From sugar, honey, fruits or otherwise, sweetness will counteract bitter and sour flavours. It can also be used to cut down the heat of a particularly spicy meal. Saltiness: Salt plays two very important roles in flavouring a dish. Firstly, it balances against bitterness.

A nice light poppy seed dressing is easy and sweet and sour. Or you can do a fruit salad with a side of fruit yogurt mixed with Cool Whip. Kinda just a fluffy fun side sauce. You could use a mayo based dressing, a honey lime dressing, or a yogurt dressing.

A simple dressing made with a combination of natural ingredients such as lemon juice, honey or maple syrup for sweetness, and perhaps a touch of olive oil can complement the flavors of the fruits without overpowering them.

What mixture of fruit salad? ›

The best fruit for fruit salad:

For our fruit salad, we chose a combo of strawberries, blueberries, kiwis, raspberries, oranges, grapes, mangos, and apples. But, you can customize this completely based on your preferences: blackberries, cherries, pineapple, and banana would all be delicious.

Fruit salad tastes best when enjoyed within three days, but it will last up to five days in the refrigerator in an airtight container. If you're planning to save leftover fruit salad, it's important to transfer the container to the refrigerator as quickly as possible after cutting and mixing the fruit.

I've preserved cut fruit for at least 6 hours before using just lemon juice. Lemon juice inhibits the oxidation of the fruit which prevents browning as well of a loss of crispness. One lemon should be enough juice for a 1.5 quart bowl of cut fruit. Simply squeeze it over the fruit and toss gently to prevent bruising.

The Keys to Crisp Lettuce

Lettuce actually needs a good amount of airflow, in addition to a bit of moisture (but not too much!), in order to stay crisp. That's why restaurants store their lettuce in special perforated bins that allow for air circulation while it's held in the fridge.

Wipe all the vegetables with a paper towel before you cut them and add them to your salad. Extra moisture can only spoil your salad. Make sure that any cooked ingredients are cool before you add them to your salad. If you are using larger vegetables, make sure you put them on the bottom of your container.