Fruit salad is a great way to bring natural sweetness to your meal and these recipes cover just about every fruit. A fruit salad is a healthy addition to a any meal and is the perfect dish for a potluck gathering.
I love fruit salads because you can customize them your way.....meaning, select your favorite fruits for the salad. I like to throw in a few nuts for crunch.
Have a potluck party and let everyone select their dish category. Just make sure you get the side dish or dessert category.
Fruit Salad For Potluck Gatherings
Grab a large bowl and your favorite fruits, choose a recipe from this list, and get to work. Enjoying a potluck dinner with family and friends is good for you and so are fruit salads.
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Tips For Making A Potluck Fruit Salad Dish
Fruit salads are light and fresh, easy to make, and can be made ahead of time.
Make your salad special by choosing a variety of seasonal fruits. Don't forget to add coconut or nuts for crunch.
- Start with a base of crisp apples and tart cranberries for a traditional holiday fruit salad.
- Then, add some sweet pears and grapes for sweetness. Finally, top it off with a light dressing of your choice.
- For a unique potluck fruit salad, try using colorful fruits like oranges, kiwis, and pomegranates.
- Add unexpected ingredients like pears, pecans, coconut, or even chocolate chips.
No matter what you put in your Thanksgiving fruit salad, it's sure to be a hit!
Why Bring A Fruit Salad To A Potluck
As you'll see from this list of recipes, there are so many great ways to make a fruit bowl special!
- It is the perfect appetizer to the potluck meal, or a cool side dish.
- Fruit salad is a great way to lighten up your plate since many potluck dishes are heavy.
- Make your dish sweet with mini marshmallows for the kids. That is one way to get them to eat their fruits.
- Almonds and nuts make for a healthier fruit salad for the oldies in the group.
- Fruit salads can be a mix of seasonal fruits, like cranberries, apples, and pears, mixed with a variety of nuts and spices to make the dish special for winter and fall gatherings.
- For spring and summer, grapes, strawberries, blueberries, and melons make cool and refreshing fruit salads and everyone will love you for this favorite.
Fruit Salad FAQs
The day of the potluck may be busy or even a work day, so anything that can be prepared ahead of time, helps. And yes, fruit salad can be made the day (or night) before the potluck.
Add a splash of lemon or orange juice to your fruit to keep them from browning. Pineapple juice also helps, and it adds a delicious flavor to your salad.
If you add orange, apple, or pineapple juice to your fruit salad, you can skip the dressing. But if you really want to add a dressing, mix yogurt or cream with a bit of honey, lime juice, and some coconut flakes, and you're all set.
Fruit salad can last up to 5 days in the fridge if stored in a tightly closed glass container. But unless you made a huge amount, it won't last, because it's delicious!
Fruit Salad Recipes For Potlucks, Family Gatherings. Or Any Holiday Meal
There's nothing quite like a delicious fruit salad, and these recipes are perfect for any time of year.
This simple salad is super easy, looks pretty, is the perfect potluck dish, and most kids will love it. Fruit cocktail, whipped cream, extra cherries, and bananas (optional).
This Couscous Fruit Salad, an eat-clean recipe, makes a beautiful side dish for any occasion. Add this to your dinner for a light and healthy choice.
This winter fruit salad recipe is a colorful variety of fresh fruit tossed in a light honey poppy seed dressing. The perfect potluck side dish for brunch or a holiday meal!
This Honey Lime Poppyseed Fruit Salad is a delicious and easy side dish! It is filled with colorful, juicy fruit tossed in a tangy, slightly sweet dressing. Paleo, gluten free, dairy free!
Main dish or side dish, this Lentil, Rice and Fruit Salad is a recipe you will make over and over. Add it to your vegan dinner, or take to your next potluck supper.
This light, fluffy salad is so refreshing and the perfect side dish for a heavy meal! It's made with just a few simple ingredients and is ready in just 5 minutes.
Grape Salad with Cream Cheese Dressing is a must-have classic at many family buffets. Our updated version features a lighter, healthier vanilla-cream cheese dressing (yay – no guilt here).
This Healthy Fruit Salad with honey lemon dressing deserves a spot front and center at any breakfast or brunch. Enjoy the perfect combination of classic tastes, textures, and colors in this sweet, zesty fruit salad!
Waldorf Salad, originally served at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in 1896, is a fantastic fusion of diced apples, walnuts, celery, and grapes in a simple mayonnaise dressing. Enjoy this creamy delicious fruit-filled salad recipe on a bed of crisp lettuce.
Old Fashioned Fruit Salad With Whipped Cream {Easy + Delicious}
This old-fashioned fruit salad is the perfect nostalgic treat that guests will love!
My cousin insists on having fruit salad on every holiday. This is our family's go-to recipe and it's always a favorite.
Cranberry Fluff Salad is an amazing version of a year-round favorite. You’ll find it hard to not fill your plate with seconds and thirds of this sweet-tart salad!
With all the heavy food on Thanksgiving, everyone needs a bite of something fresh. Crisp apples, plump blueberries, dried cranberries, and pistachios are oh-so tasty with a little honey and lime drizzled on top.
This creamy orange fruit salad is loaded with an easy combination of mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, coconut flakes, and an orange-flavored cool whip mixture that’s topped with maraschino
cherries.
This refreshing Berries Salad is a delicious party in a bowl. The colors pop and the dish can be served as a side to add vibrance to the festive spirit!
Easy Fruit Salad recipe is made with fresh strawberries, blueberries, grapes, pineapple, raspberries and mandarin oranges. The dressing on it is whipped up using a vanilla pudding mix along with vanilla and almond extract. This salad is perfect for entertaining during the summer. Quick, easy and makes a big batch for potlucks, backyard parties and BBQs! It also makes the perfect salad for an easy brunch.
Enjoy The Day
Fruit salad can easily be made ahead of time, freeing up valuable time on the day of the potluck. With so many different flavors, textures, and colors, this easy salad is sure to be a hit with everyone.
