Fruit Salad with Poppyseed Dressing
Fruit Salad with Poppyseed Dressing is a fresh fruit salad delicious served for a spring or summer brunch, lunch, potluck, picnic, or dinner party! WATCH THE VIDEO!
Friends, perfect for spring and Easter hosting, enjoy this very simple Fruit Salad with Poppyseed Dressing today! If you really want to get fancy, try this Grilled Fruit Vegetable Charcuterie Board for a large gathering!
We also love this presentation: Summer Fruit Caprese Salad, and this Fruit Upside Down Cake!
Soon … soon … hopefully we will be all be able to gather again very soon. We cannot wait.
What fruit can go together in a bowl?
Fresh fruits of the season, like apples, apricots, bananas, cantaloupe, figs, guavas, grapes, honeydew, and ripe kiwi fruit. Don’t forget strawberries (any berries), mangoes, melons, nectarines, papayas, peaches, pears, oranges, and pineapple. I love to use Granny Smith apples because you get a little tartness with the sweetness.
How do you keep fruit salad fresh?
What do you add to a fruit salad to keep the fruit from turning brown? Citric Acid!
It’s easy, just drizzle over the fruit (before adding the dressing) a little lime or lemon juice!
Fresh Fruit Salad Poppyseed Dressing
Since strawberries are in all the stores now, this Fresh Fruit Salad and Poppyseed Dressing is a natural fit for any menu!
Everyone loves fruit salad, and when there’s a sweet dressing on top – even better! When I grew up, we always had fruit salad, but usually mom doused it quite thickly with real whipped cream. Mm-m-m, I can taste it now!
What is poppyseed dressing made of?
This recipe uses a base of sour cream for the creamy base. And then add maple syrup, citrus, and vanilla. Of course, a couple of heaping spoonfuls of poppyseeds give the dressing its signature flavor and appearance.
Serve this salad with any main dish, but we love …
Best Grilled Chicken Thighs or this Crustless Salmon Gruyere Quiche Recipe.
How to cut and preserve fresh peonies
As the weather warms up in central Oregon, I must say I miss our beautiful peonies from southern Oregon.
For 10 years the warm sunshine encouraged our peonies to spring forth with joy – with so many beautiful colors! In fact, if you’re looking for how to cut and preserve fresh peonies for entertaining, you can read about it on an older post I wrote. I miss our peonies (as temps are still dipping down to freezing here in central OR).
The beauty of peonies just does something to my spirit, they are so stunning in style and color. It’s more than happiness–they’re like symbols of rebirth, the essence of spring.
Friends, be blessed this upcoming weekend. We have so much to be grateful for!
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Fruit Salad with Poppyseed Dressing
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 3 Tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons lemon or orange zest
- 1 Tablespoons fresh lemon or orange juice
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
- 4-6 cups prepared fresh fruit, such as oranges, apples, grapes, strawberries, cut in bite sized pieces
Instructions
- Prepare the dressing by placing sour cream, maple syrup, zest, lemon juice, and poppy seeds in a bowl and stirring together.
- Pour on prepared fruit and gently mix. Serve.
Notes
More fruit salad recipes: Fruity Rice Krispies Kebabs and Epic Spring Charcuterie Board (with mini fruit kebabs).
Originally posted April 2014.
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Can this be made ahead of time and if so how long in advance can it be made.
As with any fruit salad and a dressing, I would not make this too far ahead of time. I think the day of is fine, but don’t let it set overnight :)
Many years ago when eating at a buffet, I tried some honeydew and cantaloupe that was combined with sour cream. I couldn’t get enough of it. The natural sweetness of the fruit mixed with the tart sour cream was delightful. I went shopping the next day for melons and sour cream. After reading this dressing recipe, I can’t wait to try it with some delicious ripe melon .
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I just made this and it was delicious and I used sour cream.
I personally do not like strawberries, but the dressing was so good that it even made strawberries taste good.
Yes, I’ll be making this, again.
Your ingredients say sour cream but your instructions say yogurt. Which works better? I would imagine a vanilla yogurt would be just as sweet without the maple syrup.
I think I’ll make this for our potluck on Saturday!
Lovely fruit salad recipe, Sandy! My Mom used to make a fruit salad we kids loved, too. She used a BHG or Pillsbury recipe using honey, lime juice and poppy seeds. So fun! Love the Easter Sunday photo of you and your sisters…so sweet! We didn’t have cowgirl hats, but my sister and I did wear little white gloves with our Easter dresses and new white patent leather shoes. Thanks for sharing. Wishing you and your family a wonderful and meaningful Easter celebration! xo
Such sweet memories and picture! I am inspired to make this, I have plain Greek yogurt which is perfect for sour cream. Beautiful sandy!
In the ingrediance list you say sour cream but in the instructions you mention yogurt. Which would you recommend?
Two years ago I was asked to make a Fruit Pasta Salad for a wedding reception. I had never heard of using pasta in a fruit salad so I had to hit the internet…I found one, made it and it turned out AWESOME!!! A perfect summer side dish! Yours looks yummy too.
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