Regina’s Grandmother’s Fruit Salad

Regina's Grandmother's Fruit Salad

Regina shared with me her grandmother’s recipe for fruit salad not long ago – and let me tell you that it is absolutely outstanding!

You may have seen it on my Menu Plan for the week, and you will be seeing it on many more menu plans in the future.  My children each had 2 bowls, and I had 3!  I would have had more than that, but I have been working on the whole restraint thing. ;)

Regina's Grandmother's Fruit Salad

 

After the recipe was introduced to me, it’s the only fruit salad that I make.  Although, sometimes I have been known to omit the bananas all together because we quite enjoy having a big bowl of this sitting in our fridge, and if I kept it in the fridge for a long period of time, obviously the bananas would begin to brown a little.  But, if I’m really craving the bananas on top, I just slice up one before digging in to a bowl full 🙂

This is one of those things that tastes really yummy when you first make it, but it definitely gets better with time.  It’s a fantastic recipe to make the night before since the flavors meld over time even more.

Regina’s Grandmother’s Fruit Salad

Ingredients

  • 6 navel oranges peeled & sliced thin
  • 1 & 1/4 pounds red seedless grapes halved
  • 1 20 oz can of chunk pineapple drained
  • 1 16 oz bag of frozen whole strawberries – almost thawed
  • 3 or 4 bananas. sliced
  • Sugar

Instructions

  • Layer the oranges in a flat container, giving each layer a nice heavy coating of sugar
  • Layer the halved grapes in a separate container, sugaring each layer heavily
  • Let them sit out at room temperature for several hours to get those juices flowing. Stir occasionally. Regina says,”I usually prepare mine the night before, and after they have set out awhile, I put them in the refrigerator overnight until I am ready for them“.
  • Combine the oranges & grapes – then mix in the drained pineapple chunks. Cover & put the mixture into the refrigerator for an hour for the flavors to meld.
  • Add the strawberries & sliced bananas shortly before serving.