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Add this delightful Creamy Fruit Salad to your summer get togethers or picnic table dinners! It's a sweet salad that makes a perfect side dish to any meal, plus it is such a simple recipe to make!
Fruit salads are some of the easiest and sweetest side dishes to serve on your dinner table. We love having fruit salads for brunch, bbq's, picnics and holidays! They are great dishes to make ahead and who doesn't love a good ole bowl of fruit?
How To Make Creamy Fruit Salad
What You Need
- 16 oz container strawberries, washed, hulled and cut into bite size pieces
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 apple, any type, cut into bite size pieces
- 1 banana, sliced
- 15 oz can mandarin oranges in 100% juice, drained
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
This is a versatile recipe. You can substitute your favorite fruit. Add in pears or grapes if you like. Even pineapple would be good! Whichever your favorite fruit is! You'll want to keep the amount around 4-5 cups of fruit. If you want more fruit, no problem! Just double the amount of whipped cream you make!
What You Need To Do
This salad is so simple to make! First wash and prepare your fruit. Drain the oranges, keep the juice! My youngest loves to drink the juice!
Next, add the fruit to a bowl. In another mixing bowl, add the cream and beat it until it reaches soft peeks. Soft peeks are peeks that are barely holding their shape. They will be quite droopy and curl under. Once the cream has reached this stage, add the vanilla and powdered sugar. Now beat the cream until you reach stiff peeks, which means the peeks are now going to be stiff and hold their shape.
Lastly, fold the cream into the bowl of fruit, cover and chill until ready to eat!
So incredibly easy to make and so irresistible!
Here are some more summer dishes you might like to try!
Italian Pasta Salad
Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp
Grilled BBQ Chicken by Chad
Cole Slaw
Fruit Nachos
Let me know what you think about this Creamy Fruit Salad recipe in the comments below. Pictures encouraged on Instagram with the hashtag #heathershomemadekitchen You can also follow me on Social Media to see what other crazy things my family and I are doing!
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Creamy Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 16 oz container strawberries, hulled and cut into bite size pieces
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 apple, any type, cut into bite size pieces
- 1 banana, sliced
- 15 oz can mandarin oranges in 100% juice, drained
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
Instructions
- Add all the prepared fruit to a large bowl.
- In a mixing bowl, beat cream until it forms soft peeks.
- Add the vanilla and powdered sugar and beat until cream reaches stiff peeks.
- Add the cream to the fruit and gently fold together.
- Cover and chill until time to serve.
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