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Red Fruit Salad Recipe

June 25, 2013 by Megan Porta 5 Comments

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This beautiful salad isn’t just for looks! The flavor will blow you away. Great for summer gatherings!

Bowl of red fruit salad with basil and squeezed lemons in the background

My boys are funny. They make me laugh out loud at least a dozen times every day. I write every bit of their funnies down so that I never forget a single word of it. My three-year-old Sammy said something yesterday that will likely be in the top 3 of funniest things my boys ever said. If you follow me on Facebook, you know what’s coming.

My camera broke (boo), so I brought it to the repair shop with my boys in tow. The nice gentleman at the counter was writing down my information, and Elijah and Sammy were sitting together in a chair being silly and laughing. Sammy stopped laughing and spoke into the silence, “Mommy, are you going to take your pants off?” ..crickets chirping…. I have to give the man credit because he did not flinch. I shot Sammy a mortified and confused look. Then again, but louder this time, “MOMMY! Are you going to take your pants off?!” Oh my goodness! Where did this come from? What must this man think of me? That removing my pants in public is a common event? “Thank you, ma’am, I will give you a call when your camera is ready.”

As embarrassing as it was, I love it. These are the stories I will be telling to Sammy’s wife someday.

Top view of a bowl of sliced fruit on a cutting board with basil, squeezed lemons and  a spoon

Ok, this has absolutely nothing to do with the funniness of my boys, but you just have to make this red fruit salad. It is gorgeous and so yummy. The little hint of basil sends it into a whole new realm of yummy.

HOW TO PREPARE RED FRUIT SALAD

  • Grab a bag of Bing cherries and pit/chop a couple big handfuls of them until you have approximately 2 cups.
Bowl full of sliced cherries
  • Hull, rinse and chop two 16-oz. containers of fresh strawberries.
Bowl full of sliced strawberries
  • Rinse three 6-oz. containers of fresh raspberries.
Bowl full of red raspberries
  • Combine all of that delicious red fruit in a large bowl and set it aside for just a few minutes.
  • In a small bowl, combine:

Juice from 1 lemon

2 tablespoons sugar

1 to 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped

Bowl with ingredients to mix in with before adding chopped fruit
  • Mix well and drizzle over the fruit. Gently stir with a large spoon until the fruit is coated thoroughly. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

RECIPE NOTES

  • This recipe makes a huge batch, so feel free to cut it in half.

I hope you enjoy it AND I hope you have a day filled with funnies.

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Close up of a bowl full of red fruit salad and a lemon in the background

Red Fruit Salad

This beautiful salad isnโ€™t just for looks!
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: how to make a red fruit salad
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 18
Calories: 50kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 6-oz. fresh raspberries rinsed
  • 2 16-oz. fresh strawberries hulled, rinsed and chopped
  • 2 cups Bing cherries pitted and chopped
  • 1 1/2 tbsp fresh basil chopped
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • Juice from 1 lemon

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine the raspberries, strawberries and cherries. In a small bowl, combine the basil, sugar and lemon juice. Mix well and drizzle over fruit. Gently incorporate the liquid with a large spoon, being careful not to break the raspberries, until the fruit is thoroughly coated. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 50kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 4mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 543IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg

Filed Under: Salads Tagged With: Backyard BBQ, Cherries, Fourth of July, Fruit, Graduation Party, No Bake, Pool Party, Raspberries, Salad, Strawberries, Summer, Summer Potluck

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Comments

  1. Amanda

    June 3, 2014 at 12:34 am

    made this today with more cherries, less raspberries, and vanilla greek yogurt. (I didn't trust myself to attempt the lemon basil dressing" … but oh man was it good~~~~

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  2. Eftychia

    June 29, 2013 at 5:38 pm

    Delicious frtuit salad for this time of the year!

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  3. Megan Porta

    June 26, 2013 at 12:40 am

    I asked him, Ed, but he just giggled. Two weeks ago, the four of us were eating out as a family and in the middle of the meal, Sammy said, "Hey Dad, what's the name of the restaurant where you took your pants off?!" I have NO IDEA where he got this idea about removing pants, but apparently he thinks this should be a regular thing. ๐Ÿ™‚ Silly boy.

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  4. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar

    June 25, 2013 at 8:51 pm

    This looks so lovely!! Love this idea!

    Reply
  5. Ed

    June 25, 2013 at 4:32 pm

    Absolutely hysterical! Did you ever ask him why he asked you that question?

    Reply

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