Simple Fruit Salad is just that...simple! But that doesn't mean it's short on flavor. Strawberries, pineapple, and mandarin oranges combine with strawberry syrup to make a fruit salad perfect for any meal.
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Simple Fruit Salad
1 (20 oz.) can pineapple chunks in pineapple juice
1 (15 oz.) can mandarin oranges in light syrup
16 oz. fresh strawberries
1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar (to taste)
Place cans of fruit into the refrigerator to chill. Wash, stem, and cut strawberries into fourths or sixths if particularly large. Place strawberries into a mixing bowl. (I use a 2.5 qt. bowl.) Add 1/2 cup of sugar to the strawberries and stir. Let rest on the counter for 3 to 4 hours stirring occasionally. With a potato masher, mash strawberries until about half of the strawberries are mashed. Taste to see if additional sugar is needed. If so, add desired amount and stir well. Drain fruits and add to strawberries. Stir well and refrigerate until served.
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Simple Fruit Salad 101:
1) Blueberries are also fantastic in this salad, and the desired amount can be added when you add the canned fruit.
2) The fruit will absorb the strawberry syrup and turn red. For a pretty presentation, reserve some of the pineapple chunks and mandarin orange segments and top salad before serving.
3) Here are the strawberries right after adding the sugar and then again 4 hours later before mashing. Once sugar is added to them, they make their own syrup.
4) If fresh strawberries aren't in season, I use a 23.2 oz. carton of frozen sliced strawberries with sugar. Thaw the strawberries, pour them into a mixing bowl, and then add sugar to taste. There is no need to mash or let them set out on the counter. Add the drained fruit, stir well, and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Click here for printable format
Simple Fruit Salad 101:
1) Blueberries are also fantastic in this salad, and the desired amount can be added when you add the canned fruit.
2) The fruit will absorb the strawberry syrup and turn red. For a pretty presentation, reserve some of the pineapple chunks and mandarin orange segments and top salad before serving.
3) Here are the strawberries right after adding the sugar and then again 4 hours later before mashing. Once sugar is added to them, they make their own syrup.
4) If fresh strawberries aren't in season, I use a 23.2 oz. carton of frozen sliced strawberries with sugar. Thaw the strawberries, pour them into a mixing bowl, and then add sugar to taste. There is no need to mash or let them set out on the counter. Add the drained fruit, stir well, and refrigerate until ready to serve.
5) We have this fruit salad with our favorite meal of biscuits and sausage gravy and Crustless Meat Lovers Quiche! Recipe links below!
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy: http://www.easyaspiecanbe.com/2015/04/sausage-gravy.html
Pressure Cooker Crustless Meat Lovers Quiche: http://www.easyaspiecanbe.com/2020/09/pressure-cooker-crustless-meat-lovers.html
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy: http://www.easyaspiecanbe.com/2015/04/sausage-gravy.html
Pressure Cooker Crustless Meat Lovers Quiche: http://www.easyaspiecanbe.com/2020/09/pressure-cooker-crustless-meat-lovers.html
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