This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. It’s fresh, healthy and perfect for Spring! This fruit salad is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! The honey and citrus syrup is all-natural and really makes the fruit pop. As an added bonus, the citrusy syrup keeps the fruit from browning. It also makes a great appetizer (see pictures below) and this fruit salad is a perfect topping for plain greek yogurt, which made a nice snack this evening. Big thanks to all of you who shared your recipes and ideas for fruit salad with me here. This salad is made possible because of you! Definitely planning to make this for my sister’s baby  shower this summer.

Ingredients for the Fruit Salad:

1 lb strawberries 1 lb grapes (any kind) 2 apples (any kind) 2 bananas (the yellow kind) 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (your salad will be a little juicier with frozen)

For the Fruit Salad Syrup:

2 rounded Tbsp of honey Juice of 1 lemon OR juice of 1 lime OR 1/2 of each.

How to make the best fruit salad 😉

  1. Mix the honey and lemon OR lime juice together. I tested both and the lime juice gives it more of a zing. Since I had 2 syrups already made, I just mixed them together and ended up with 1/2 lemon and 1/2 lime juice. It was awesome! P.S. if your honey is chunky like mine was, just place it over a bowl of hot water and it will turn juicy again.

Wanna see some behind the scenes secrets? Yet another great use for beans! Can you spot them? Ha ha!

  1. Rinse and dry all of the fruit. Don’t slice the fruit until you’re ready to assemble the salad or it will brown. Add and slice the fruit in the following order:

  2. Place the grapes in a large bowl.

  3. Slice strawberries and add them to the bowl.

  4. Slice bananas and add them to the bowl.

  5. Slice apples and add them to the bowl (ok, this is getting a little repetitive)

  6. Add blueberries to the “round concave container”. Ha! That’s better!

  7. Pour in the syrup  and mix well. This kept pretty well in the fridge for at least 6 hours, but it got a little juicy due to the frozen blueberries.

Here’s what I did to turn the fruit salad into an appetizer. All of flavors explode in your mouth at the same time. Just like in the scene from Ratatouille when the mouse is tasting the cheese and trying to explain it to his brother. Remember the fireworks? Yes, something like that!

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