Fruit Salad Recipe with Orange Poppy Seed Syrup

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This fruit salad is perfect for parties. It’s easy to make and everyone will appreciate a healthy option at the dessert table. The orange-lemon syrup is sweetened with honey and glazes the fruit to keep it looking and tasting fresh longer.

Your fruit won’t brown even after a few hours at room temp. Niiiice! I made this for my niece’s birthday this past weekend and kept going back for refills. This recipe is party-sized and can easily be cut in half for a smaller crowd. If you have leftovers, just pop them in the fridge and you’ll be set for the tastiest smoothie the next morning.

Ingredients for Fruit Salad:

2 lbs fresh strawberries, hulled and halved or quartered if large
1 lb fresh grapes (any color), halved
6 clementines, peeled and separated into sections
1 cup fresh blueberries
1 to 2 apples, cored, cut into sixths and sliced into 1/4″ thick pieces
1 banana, sliced

Other fruit ideas: pineapple, kiwi, raspberries, blackberries

Orange Lemon Syrup:

4 Tbsp liquid honey
Juice of 1 large lemon (about ¼ cup)
Juice of 1 medium orange (about ¼ cup)
Heaping 1/2 tsp poppy seeds

Optional Garnish:

Mint leaves

How To Make Fruit Salad Recipe with Orange Poppy Seed Syrup:

1. Squeeze juice of 1 lemon and 1 orange. Stir together syrup ingredients, mixing until honey is completely dissolved into the syrup.

2. Rinse and slice fruit in the order that it is listed. Don’t slice your apples or bananas until you’re ready to add the syrup since the lemon in the syrup will keep them from browning.

3. Drizzle syrup over the fruit and toss to evenly coat the fruit with syrup. Toss fruit again just before serving.

Fruit Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Syrup

5 from 36 votes

Author: Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com

The natural orange lemon syrup glazes the fruit and the keeps your salad looking and tasting fresh longer. Use leftovers for smoothies!

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Ingredients 

Servings: 10 -12

Fruit Salad Ingredients:

• 2 lbs fresh strawberries, hulled and halved or quartered if large
• 1 lb fresh grapes, any color, halved
• 6 clementines, peeled well and separated into sections
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 1 to 2 apples, cored, cut into sixths and sliced into 1/4" thick pieces
• 1 banana, sliced

Orange Lemon Syrup:

• 4 Tbsp liquid honey
• Juice of 1 large lemon, about 1/4 cup
• Juice of 1 medium orange, about ¼ cup
• Heaping 1/2 tsp poppy seeds

Optional Garnish:

• Mint leaves

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Instructions

• Squeeze juice of 1 lemon and 1 orange. Stir together syrup ingredients, mixing until honey is completely dissolved into the syrup.
• Rinse and slice fruit in the order that it is listed. Don't slice your apples or bananas until you're ready to add the syrup since the lemon in the syrup will keep them from browning.
• Drizzle syrup over the fruit and toss to evenly coat the fruit with syrup.

Notes

Other fruit options that work well in this salad: pineapple, kiwi, raspberries, blackberries

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Course: Dessert, Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Fruit Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Syrup

Skill Level: Easy

Cost to Make: $$

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