Fruit Salad Help

MadCowMan

here's something different that I picked up on in the States.

Chop fruit up and serve with a dip made from soft chesse ( insert philladelphia type here ) and fluff.

fluff is the marshmallow spread you find in teacakes - not too easy to find , although I have found it in tescos before.

Its a wonderfull sweet dip.

reehsetin

^tesco had a greek yogurt and honey dip with fruit which is lovellly

Jayar

The fruit salad I make changes every time I make it because it depends on what looks best in the shop on the day. I find that most fruits go perfectly with most other fruits

lil_me

Ultimate but naughty dip - melted chocolate!!! Or even melted marshmallows

airforce_beret

definately gotta have kiwi and some form of melon in it.

exlibris

My fruit salad is made from whatever is available and I always use juice for the liquid and do not add extra sugar. I hate segmenting oranges so the juice is usually oranges. I find the fruits now sold for smoothies work well in a fruit salad and I have been known to use tinned pineapple chunks and mandarin oranges with their juice for Christmas Fruit Salads.

scrimperjan

My favourite mixture is based on a tin of mandarin oranges in syrup (not sweet enough for me in their own juice), then I add chopped bananas, halved fresh grapes, and frozen raspberries. The raspberries add a lovely colour to the juice. For a special occasion I might use some cherry brandy (left over from Christmas) instead of some of the juice, but this might not be to everyone's taste. I like greek yoghurt with mine; but this is just a recent discovery - I didn't realise how gorgeously thick and creamy and yummy it was, why didn't somebody tell me before? (Not the 'healthy option' version though, it's just not the same!)

Tam_Lin

Greek yoghurt's fab; we use it instead of sour cream with chillis.

Stephen_Leak

I know what wouldn't be in it - those strange little cherries, with a colour that doesn't exist in nature, from the tinned stuff!

Real cherries would be good though, especially with the cherry brandy.

Mrs_Flittersnoop

If I'm doing a fruit salad for a party or whatever, I use a mix of just three or four fruits, maybe yellow/golden ones for a statement colour. If they're not particularly juicy fruits, I add either lemonade or ginger ale (especially nice if you've got melon in the mix).

Everyone always scoffs the lot!
Mrs F x