Honey & Fruit Rainbow Salad with Honey Lime Dressing

HONEY & FRUIT RAINBOW SALAD

6/28/2014

Honey & Fruit Rainbow Salad

This beautiful spring and summer Honey & Fruit Rainbow Salad takes some time to prepare – but the amazing result is well worth it! Drizzled with a fresh Honey Lime Dressing and you will have a dazzling fresh fruit treat!

And for today's magic trick, we will turn this:

Into this delicious and dazzling creation:

Honey & Fruit Rainbow Salad

Aren't the fresh fruits of summer wonderful? The colors and freshness are dazzling, the flavor so sweet with your favorite fruit textures! This is always a crowd-pleaser, and a great salad to pull together if you have lots of extra hands that want to help out. If you have someone with allergies, you can keep it safe for them as well - simply use your favorite fruits and go wild. The wonderful thing about summer (and especially right now, at the end of June) is that most fruits are at their flavorable and colorful best - perfectly ripe for the picking.

Crank up some summer tunes, kick off your shoes, and get ready to create your own healthy fruit creation!

Honey & Fruit Rainbow Salad

HONEY & FRUIT RAINBOW SALAD with HONEY LIME DRESSING

Honey & Fruit Rainbow Salad with Honey Lime Dressing

INGREDIENTS:
1 lb fresh strawberries, diced
1 lb fresh pineapple, chunked
1 pint fresh blueberries
1 pint fresh raspberries
1 cup red or green grapes, sliced in halves
1 cup fresh blackberries
4 kiwis, peeled and cut
3 nectarines or peaches, cut into chunks
1 (15 oz) can mandarin oranges in juice, drained
For garnish: orange slices, peach slices, whole strawberries

Honey Lime Dressing
1/4 cup honey
2 tsp lime zest (zest of 2 medium limes)
1 Tbsp fresh lime juice

HOW I MAKE THIS:

Clean all fruit and place in individual serving containers or ziplock bags until just ready to serve.
Add all fruit to a large mixing bowl or platter.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the honey, lime zest and lime juice.
Drizzle the Honey Lime Dressing over the top just before serving.

YIELD: 10-16 servings

RECIPE NOTES: You won’t want to make this too much ahead of time, as the juices will begin to gather at the bottom. If you are preparing this for a large group, it is a good idea to add additional fruit to the platter or bowl as you need it – don’t have big batches prepared or waiting, as the fruit will juice up too much or get crushed in large quantities.

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