Nutritious and easy to prepare, this colorful fruit salad combines ripe strawberries, blueberries, grapes, kiwi and pineapple chunks with a zesty lime and poppy seed dressing. It’s a refreshing summertime dish perfect for brunch, picnics, parties and cookouts.
Going berry picking is such a quintessential summertime activity, but what happens when you get home and have numerous pounds of berries sitting in the kitchen waiting to be used? You find yourself eating them by the handful while frantically scanning Pinterest for new recipes to try before the berries get all wrinkly and start to mold. It happens fast, doesn’t it?
Sometimes a big bowl of nature’s goodness is all you need for dessert… especially during the summer months. Fruit salad is quite simple to make, but it’s such a delicious (and healthy) way to end a summer meal.
Plus, you have to admit the rainbow of colors is quite beautiful.
Completely unadulterated fresh fruit salad would typically be my go-to, but the maple sweetened, lime poppy seed dressing lime I added to the fruit salad I’m sharing today enhances the flavor of the fruit, without being over-the-top sweet. It also makes the salad feel fancy enough to serve guests for a potluck, picnic, or party.
I actually took it to my nephew’s 3rd birthday party a few weeks ago and it was a big hit with the adults and all the kiddos. Definitely a crowd pleaser!
If you make this berry fruit salad please be sure to leave a comment and star rating below. Your feedback is super helpful for the EBF team and other readers who are thinking about making the recipe.
Nutritious and easy to prepare, this colorful fruit salad combines ripe strawberries, blueberries, grapes, kiwi and pineapple chunks with a zesty lime and poppy seed dressing. It’s a refreshing summertime dish perfect for brunch, picnics, parties and cookouts.
Ingredients
1 lb strawberries, hulled and sliced
1 pint fresh blueberries
2 cups cubed fresh pineapple
3 kiwi, peeled and sliced into half moons
2 cups seedless red or green grapes, halved
3 malarian oranges or clementines, peeled and sectioned
2 Tablespoons lime juice
1/4 teaspoon grated lime zest
1 Tablespoon maple syrup or honey
Instructions
Toss: In a large bowl toss together strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, kiwi and grapes. In a small bowl, whisk together lime juice, lime zest and maple syrup.
Serve: Drizzle lime dressing over fresh fruit mixture, toss and serve immediately.
Embarassed? What?! Your dessert is CALLIN my NAME — that is EXACTLY how I love to enjoy my fruits — unadulterated, in whole form, SIMPLE and just the SLIGHTEST bit dressed up to both elevate and highlight their innate deliciousness..
You have no business being embarrassed! That’s one heck of a good looking bowl of fruit. I get so excited when I see fruit salad at summer BBQs/get togethers because it’s so nice knowing there’s at least 1 healthy option to satisfy my sweet tooth. That dressing sounds killer too!
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Will the dressing be just as good without the Poppy seed?
Yes, I think so!
Maybe I will have to stop calling you the cookie queen and start calling you the gorgeous, healthy salad queen….
yumm my mouth is watering right now!!
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This sounds perfect and easy!
Embarassed? What?! Your dessert is CALLIN my NAME — that is EXACTLY how I love to enjoy my fruits — unadulterated, in whole form, SIMPLE and just the SLIGHTEST bit dressed up to both elevate and highlight their innate deliciousness..
Berries are definitely the best part of any fruit salad!
I love berry salads! And that strawberry shortcake looks divine!
The most beautiful salad EVER. So colorful and perfect. It’s nice and hot here today, might have to whip it up for Mikes Bday!
You have no business being embarrassed! That’s one heck of a good looking bowl of fruit. I get so excited when I see fruit salad at summer BBQs/get togethers because it’s so nice knowing there’s at least 1 healthy option to satisfy my sweet tooth. That dressing sounds killer too!
The fresh fruit in summer is the best! Sometimes you just need to add it to a bowl just the way it is. Everything looks delicious here!
This looks like the perfect, refreshing way to spend the summer. Just me and a big ol’ bowl of this deliciousness sounds good to me! Pinned!
Such a wonderful selection of recipes…each looks fresh and beautiful. Love the salad with poppy seeds. xo, Catherine
Thank you Catherine!
I don’t even know where to start with all these desserts! But your poppyseed dressing has my
attention! Anything poppyseed and I am goner 😉