Fruit Salad with Mint

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This colorful fruit salad with berries and melon is lightly sweetened with maple syrup and topped with fresh mint. It’s a refreshing and flavorful take on traditional fruit salad — perfect for summer snacking!

As you know, I’m a salad lover through and through and that includes fruit salads! This salad is so refreshing. I love making it ahead of time to snack on all week long and you can pretty much guarantee it will be at every potluck I attend!

White bowl with fruit salad including strawberries, pineapple, melon, apples and mint. A napkin and serving utensils are beside the bowl.

I love that fruit salads are so easy to put together — all you have to do is chop the fruit and mix! Plus, the possibilities are endless. Whatever fresh fruit you have on hand (or is on sale) will work. I mean I guess you could potentially come up with a bad tasting combo of fruit for a fruit salad but I don’t think I’ve ever had one.

White bowl with fruit salad including strawberries, pineapple, melon, apples and mint.

What Kind of Fruit to Use

My one fruit salad rule is that you MUST use fresh fruit. Canned fruit is definitely a no-go (just don’t!) and frozen fruit makes the fruit salad too juicy (in my opinion). I’m also not a huge fan of bananas in fruit salad. They stick to other fruit, turn brown and get too mushy.

The combination I came up for this recipe is nice because it involves a bunch of different textures and flavors. I love the juiciness of the pineapple, the crunch of the apple and the sweetness from the melon and strawberries. I think grapes would a nice addition as well — I just didn’t have any on hand.

Marble counter with a bowl of maple, sliced-in-half oranges, a pineapple, strawberries, melon, an apple and a spring of fresh mint.

Don’t Skip the Dressing!

The one component that you don’t want to skip is the fresh orange juice, maple and mint dressing. All three components add a nice pop of flavor to the salad, especially the fresh mint. It also makes it a bit more special than a simple bowl of fruit — something you’d feel good about serving for brunch or bringing to a party.

Glass mixing bowl with chopped strawberries, melon, apples, pineapple and fresh mint.

How to Serve this Fruit Salad

I love this salad on its own as a snack but it’s also a great side or even dessert for your next picnic! I know some people don’t consider fruit to be dessert so if that’s you, this fruit salad is delicious on top of ice cream, dipped in melted dark chocolate or topped with a dollop of coconut whipped cream. Yum!

Large serving bowl and two small bowls filled with fruit salad garnished with fresh mint.

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Fruit Salad with Mint

This colorful fruit salad with berries and melon is lightly sweetened with maple syrup and topped with fresh mint. 
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients  

  • 1 pint of strawberries, hulled and quartered
  • 1 medium apple, I like Pink Lady, Honey Crisp or Jazz
  • 1/2 large pineapple, chopped into chunks
  • 1 medium cantaloupe, chopped into chunks
  • 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 1-2 teaspoons 100% pure maple syrup
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh mint, finely chopped

Instructions 

  • Just before serving combine all the fruit into a large bowl and gently mix. Top with orange juice, maple syrup and fresh mint. Gently stir to combine and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/4 of recipe | Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 25mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 32g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
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