Packable Fresh Fruit Salad

This Packable Fresh Fruit Salad recipe is luscious and sweet and loaded with an army of nutritional benefits.  It makes a perfect side dish to serve at any backyard barbecue and potluck and it also makes a great make ahead fruit salad to take with you to work or school.

Learn how to make fruit salad with this easy recipe.  It’s loaded with basic supermarket staple fruits that you can usually find all year round.

When I was growing up, there was always an abundance of fruit in our kitchen. And when summertime rolled around, my mom and I would head off to the local farmers markets and bring home copious amounts of fruit. There were many summer mornings that I’d come out to the kitchen and find my mom standing at the counter cutting up fruit to make a big gorgeous fruit salad with.  We always had fruit for breakfast.  My mom would either serve juicy slices of cantaloupe, tomato, or heaping spoonfuls of fruit salad with our breakfast.  This Packable Fresh Fruit Salad is made with basic fruits that you should be able to find at your local market all year long.   This is one of those easy recipes to pull together last minute to take to a barbecue or potluck.  Everyone loves a cold fresh fruit salad for dining al fresco on a hot summer day!  Or you can  make it ahead and pack it to take to work, school or for a pre or post workout snack,

Make Ahead Fruit Salad Recipe

These are the basic fruit salad ingredients you’ll need.

• Fresh strawberries
• Oranges
• Apples
• Mango
• Watermelon
• Banana
• Orange Juice (fresh squeezed)
• Lemon zest

Find printable recipe with the measurements below.

Variations

Add any other seasonal fruits that you like to the mix.

• Blueberries, raspberries and blackberries
• Cherries
• Cantaloupe
• Mango
• Pineapple
• Peaches

How to Make Fruit Salad

This recipe comes together in about 10-15 minutes.  It’s best if allowed to chill for 20-30 minutes before serving.

1. Prepare fruit. Wash, rinse and cut the fruit into bite-size pieces.
2. Mix fruit.  Add the cut fruit to a large bowl and toss. 
3. Dress salad. Drizzle the orange juice and lemon zest over the salad and toss again.
4. Chill. Refrigerate before serving.

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Yield: 4 servings

Packable Fresh Fruit Salad

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

This Packable Fresh Fruit Salad is luscious and sweet and loaded with an army of nutritional benefits.  It makes a perfect side dish to serve at any backyard barbecue and potluck and it also makes a great make-ahead snack to take with you to work or school.

Ingredients

• 1 pound strawberries, hulled and quartered
• 2 oranges, peeled and wedges cut in half
• 2 apples, peeled and chopped
• 1 large mango, peeled and chopped
• 2 cups watermelon, peeled and chopped
• 1 banana, peeled and sliced
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (about 1 large orange)
• Zest of 1 lemon

Instructions

1. Cut the fruit into bite-size pieces.
2. Toss the fruit
3. Drizzle the orange juice and lemon zest over the salad and toss again.
4. Refrigerate before serving

Notes

Variations

Add any other seasonal fruits that you like to the mix.

• Blueberries, raspberries and blackberries
• Cherries
• Cantaloupe
• Mango
• Pineapple
• Peaches

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 231Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 5mgCarbohydrates: 59gFiber: 9gSugar: 43gProtein: 3g

theharvestkitchen.com attempts to provide accurate information, however, this nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. The nutritional information provided comes from online sources and calculations.