Easy Strawberry Fruit Salad
For my strawberry fruit salad recipe, we toss strawberries and red fruit in a 2 ingredient dressing made with orange juice and a bit of sugar. This fruit salad is simple, gorgeous, and tastes incredible. Strawberries and other red fruit come together for what might be the prettiest fruit salad ever. I love this as a snack, side dish, or dessert. When feeling feisty, I love making a batch of whipped cream or this vegan whipped cream to serve alongside it. For more fruit salad recipes, see our easy berry salad, or go savory with this balsamic strawberry salad and strawberry iceberg salad! Or, for another way to use strawberries, I highly recommend our fresh strawberry muffins! Key Ingredients Strawberries: The base of our fruit salad! Choose red, ripe strawberries that smell sweet and like strawberries. If you give them a sniff and don’t smell much, they won’t taste very good. Red Fruit: I love turning this into a red fruit salad. You can use any fruit you love, but consider raspberries, cherries, and plums to keep with the red theme. Orange: I use the juice of one orange for the easy fruit salad dressing. Sugar: I don’t add much sugar, but a little helps to macerate the fruit, making it taste even better. You’ll also have a delicious berry syrup to spoon over your salad. Strawberries: The base of our fruit salad! Choose red, ripe strawberries that smell sweet and like strawberries. If you give them a sniff and don’t smell much, they won’t taste very good. Red Fruit: I love turning this into a red fruit salad. You can use any fruit you love, but consider raspberries, cherries, and plums to keep with the red theme. Orange: I use the juice of one orange for the easy fruit salad dressing. Sugar: I don’t add much sugar, but a little helps to macerate the fruit, making it taste even better. You’ll also have a delicious berry syrup to spoon over your salad. How to Make Strawberry Fruit Salad This fruit salad is quick and easy. Toss your fruit with a bit of sugar and fresh-squeezed orange juice, then let it sit for 15 minutes. As it sits, the sugar draws out some moisture from the fruit, intensifying its flavor and making a delicious syrup at the bottom of the bowl. After 15 minutes, gently stir and then serve! I love strawberries and cream, so I serve my salad with soft whipped cream. It’s outrageously delicious! Easy Strawberry Fruit Salad PREP 30 mins TOTAL 30 mins PREP 30 mins TOTAL 30 mins Serve this red fruit salad for dessert with whipped cream, add to oatmeal, or enjoy as a light snack. We use strawberries as our base and then add more fruit from there. Keeping all red fruit is pretty but not 100% necessary. Use what you love! Here’s our whipped cream recipe or our dairy-free vegan whipped coconut cream. Makes approximately 6 servings You Will Need 2 pounds (907g) strawberries 1 pound (450g) red fruit, like raspberries, plums, or cherries Juice from 1 medium orange, about 1/3 cup 1 tablespoon (12g) sugar Directions 1Hull and then cut strawberries in half or quarters. Cut the remaining fruit (except raspberries) into pieces about the same size as the strawberry pieces. Leave raspberries whole. If using plums or cherries, remove their pits before cutting them. 2In a large bowl, gently mix the fruit, orange juice, and sugar. Allow the mixture to sit at room temperature for 15 to 20 minutes. Gently toss the fruit salad again before serving. 1Hull and then cut strawberries in half or quarters. Cut the remaining fruit (except raspberries) into pieces about the same size as the strawberry pieces. Leave raspberries whole. If using plums or cherries, remove their pits before cutting them. 2In a large bowl, gently mix the fruit, orange juice, and sugar. Allow the mixture to sit at room temperature for 15 to 20 minutes. Gently toss the fruit salad again before serving. Adam and Joanne's Tips Leftovers: As the fruits sit with the sugar, they soften, so this strawberry and red fruit salad is best eaten the same day you make it. If you are okay with softer fruit, they are still quite delicious the next day (I love them in my everyday oatmeal). Strawberries and plums hold up better than more delicate raspberries. The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. Leftovers: As the fruits sit with the sugar, they soften, so this strawberry and red fruit salad is best eaten the same day you make it. If you are okay with softer fruit, they are still quite delicious the next day (I love them in my everyday oatmeal). Strawberries and plums hold up better than more delicate raspberries. The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. Nutrition Per Serving Serving Size 1/6 of the recipe / Calories 85 / Total Fat 0.9g / Saturated Fat 0.1g / Cholesterol 0mg / Sodium 8.7mg / Carbohydrate 19.2g / Dietary Fiber 6.8g / Total Sugars 10.8g / Protein 2.5g AUTHOR: Joanne Gallagher We’re Adam and Joanne, a couple passionate about cooking and sharing delicious, reliable recipes since 2009. Our goal? To inspire you to get in the kitchen and confidently cook fresh and flavorful meals.More About Us Previous Post: Perfect Kir Royale Next Post: Tahini Kale and White Bean Salad