Last week I really wanted to make a fruit salad. It just sounded good. But I did not want to make my yogurt fruit salad. I wanted something different. I have made many fruit salads over the years, but most of them contained jello or pudding mixes. I am trying not to use mixes, so I needed to find a new fruit salad to try. We really like a fruit salad I used to make that contained vanilla pudding. I decided to search the internet to see if I could find something like it without the mix.
I finally found a recipe on Recipezaar that I thought would give me similar results because you were basically making a pudding sauce of your own. I tweaked the recipe a little to adjust it to our tastes and it turned out really well. We all thought this was better than the fruit salad made with a pudding mix. Plus, it was healthier.
You can really very this using different fruit. I think the pineapple juice is the key to making the sauce good though. We really liked the taste it gave it. But another fruit juice might work also.
Creamy Fruit Salad
A simple fruit salad made better with a homemade sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 (15 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained (reserve juice)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour or gluten free flour blend for gf version
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3 bananas, sliced
- 2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin orange segments, drained, save juice
- 3 medium apples, chopped (unpeeled)
- 1/2 lb red seedless grapes, halved
Instructions
- Place reserved pineapple juice in a small saucepan; add sugar, flour and beaten egg.
- Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth and thickened.
- Allow to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine pineapple chunks, bananas, orange segments, apples and grapes.
- Pour cooled dressing over fruit mixture; toss gently, making sure everything is well coated. (my dressing was a little thick, so I added in some of the mandarin orange juice)
- Chill before serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 263Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 30mgCarbohydrates: 63gFiber: 4gSugar: 40gProtein: 4g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
Wow! That looks so good. I love fruit salad.
Oh Yummy! That looks so tasty right now. I’d love for you to link it to my Saturday Salads next week:)
I found your site when commenting on other UBPartier’s sites. Glad I did!
That looks really good! I love fruit salad.
I too was looking for a different way to make my fruit salad and then found a recipe that incorporated peach pie filling to make the juice thick. It was a delicious addition to my fruit salad!
My mom uses tapioca pearls boiled w the juices from canned fruits. She adds lemon jello also. This has been a favorite fruit salad at Christmas.
Another one she does is make a gingered simple syrup as a dressing, and add fresh mint. This one is very “fancy” and used for baby and bridal showers.