Festive Fruit Salad

Name: Festive Fruit Salad
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 mediums apples (red, yellow and green), cubed; 1 large firm banana, sliced; 20 servings Additional berries for garnish, optional; 1 pint blueberries; 1 small cantaloupe, cubed; 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 85 grams package cream cheese, softened; 3 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; 1 medium fresh pineapple; 946 milliliters seedless red and green grapes; 1 pint strawberries, halved; 227 grams carton frozen whipped topping, thawed

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Festive Fruit Salad a try. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 153 calories, 2g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 20. A mixture of pineapple, kiwifruit, additional berries, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 30 minutes. Festive Fruit Salad, Festive Salad with Chicken and Fruit, and Festive Cranberry Fruit Salad are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Peel and core pineapple; cut into cubes.

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Pineapple

Place in a 3- or 4-qt. glass serving bowl. Stir in remaining fruit.

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Fruit

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In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add sugar and lemon juice and mix well. Fold in whipped topping.

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Whipped Topping

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Lemon Juice

Sugar

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Spread over fruit.

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Fruit

Garnish with additional berries if desired. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

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Berries

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Servings:

3mediums

apples (red, yellow and green), cubed 1large

firm banana, sliced 20servings

Additional berries for garnish, optional 1pint

blueberries 1small

cantaloupe, cubed 118milliliters

confectioners' sugar 85grams

package cream cheese, softened 3

kiwifruit, peeled and sliced 2teaspoons

lemon juice 1medium

fresh pineapple 946milliliters

seedless red and green grapes 1pint

strawberries, halved 227grams

carton frozen whipped topping, thawed

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Alcoholic Drink, White Wine, Ingredient, Food Product Category, Sauvignon Blanc, Wine, Dry White Wine, Drink, Menu Item Type, Gruener Veltliner

Chardonnay, Alcoholic Drink, and White Wine are my top picks for Fruit Salad. Sauvignon Blanc and Gruner Veltliner both have herby notes that complement salads with enough acid to match tart vinaigrettes, while a Chardonnay can be a good pick for creamy salad dressings. One wine you could try is Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay. It has 4.8 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 60 dollars.

Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay

This wine has fragrant lemon/lime blossom aromas on the nose that typify the lovely perfume from fruit grown in Hunting Hill. The 2013 vintage was affected by a spring frost and the subsequent yields were approximately one-half the usual size. The summer was one of the best on record and the grapes were beautifully clean, ripe and intensely flavored, creating a wine of intense concentration and complexity that will be very long-lived.