Who doesn't love fruit? My family really loves fruit salads. This Tropical Fruit Salad is a great addition to your meal as a dessert or it can be a perfect snack any time of the year especially during hot summer days.
I bought all the fruit from the grocery store except strawberries, which are from my garden. They add a fresh aroma to this salad. The dressing is a perfect combination for this salad. It tastes so good that my kids drink it as a juice.
You can prepare this salad ahead of time, just store each fruit separately in a bowl covered with plastic wrap in the fridge for up to 24 hrs. It just takes five minutes to make dressing and deliciousness are ready. 🙂
📋 Recipe Ingredients
- Pineapple
- Mandarins
- Kiwis
- Mangos
- Strawberries
Dressing Ingredients
- Lemon
- Mandarins
- Raw honey
- Chia seeds (or poppy seeds)
🔪 Recipe Instructions
How to Make Tropical Fruit Salad
Rinse, pat dry, peel, and cut/slice all the fruits. Place them into a large bowl.
How to Make Fruit Salad Dressing
Into a small bowl squeeze lemon mandarins using a lemon squeezer. Then stir in honey and add chia seeds (or poppy seeds). Stir well to combine.
Pour the dressing over the fruit salad.
Mix well and let the salad stand for 20 – 30 minutes before serving to soak up the flavors.
Leftovers taste even better hours later as the fruit soaks in the dressing.
Enjoy!
If you make this Tropical Fruit Salad, please share a picture with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest. Tag with #valyastasteofhome. I’d love to see your creations!
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Tropical Fruit Salad
Ingredients
Tropical Fruit Salad Ingredients
- 1 – medium pineapple
- 12 – mandarins
- 5 – kiwis
- 3 – mangos
- 2 – cups strawberries
Salad Dressing Ingredients
- 2 – mandarins
- 1 large – lemon
- ¼ cup – raw honey
- ½ tsp. – chia seeds (or poppy seeds)
Instructions
How to Make Tropical Fruit Salad
- Rinse, pat dry, peel, and cut/slice all the fruits. Place all the fruits them into a large bowl.
Fruit Salad Dressing Instructions
- Into a small bowl squeeze lemon mandarins using a lemon squeezer. Then stir in honey and add chia seeds (or poppy seeds). Stir well to combine.
- Pour the dressing over the fruit salad.
- Mix well and let the salad stand for 20 – 30 minutes before serving to soak up the flavors.
Notes
- Leftovers taste even better hours later as the fruit soaks in the dressing.
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This recipe was originally posted on June 11, 2015, and updated on May 21, 2021. Enjoy!
What a gorgeous fruit salad! Love the flavors in here! So perfect for the summer!
Thank you Gayle! You are right, it's so perfect for summer desert. Healthy one too 🙂
Beautiful salad Valya! Perfect for the summer! Pinned!
Thanks for pinning Mira! I love fruit salads. They are so delicious and healthy for summer snacks. 🙂
I could eat myself silly on this, it looks fantastic! And the poppy seeds make it look so pretty!
I know. I'm with you Chris. It's hard to get your hand away from it 🙂
So great salad! I am obsessing over this salad!
It's perfect for any time of the year, snack or desert. Great for parties or picnics too. 🙂
Wow! A colorful recipe!
Thanks
Very good salad, but wondering if I can use canned pineapple?
Thank you Tanya. I didn't try it with canned pineapples. If you make it with canned and fresh pineapples let me if there are any differences.
Wow, now this looks sooo tastyy and healthy!! 🙂 wow
Thank you very much. It is truly delicious.
Thanks. I made this at my party and all my guests LOVED it. Will be making more in the future!
That's awesome! Thank you for your feedback! 🙂
You eat with your eyes, and this is a real treat. A visual feast. It tastes great too. The clover honey adds a really interesting background flavour. Thanks for the recipe.
Thank you very much! And..., yes! Honey makes the whole difference in taste here. Give it try! You won't regret!
wow... sooo color full. Looks like all color are available on this salad itself! Cannot be able to describe how it looks in words for sure. Going to try this weekend.
Thanks Valya for this salad.
Thank you kindly! This fruit salad sure tastes delicious and is a huge hit at parties. Appreciate your feedback. 🙂
wow.looks very yummy.cant wait to taste it.thanks for sharing this with us.waiting for another recipe .
You are very welcome, enjoy! 🙂
I make a fruit salad that everyone raves over, I use some of the same things but I keep a jar of instant french vanilla pudding on hand. I use a teaspoon in homemade whipped cream to stabilize it a bit and I use a few teaspoons plus the seeds of a vanilla bean to make the dressing thick, creamy and luxurious.
That sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing!
Hey Valya
THanks for sharing the recipe I just tried this recipe in my backyard while heaving a beautiful summer day.
I'm glad to hear you liked it. Thank you for the review!