My Mom was such a great hostess. She operated under the rule of having everything done in advance so that you can enjoy your guests. So, when I got married in 1984, it was no surprise that she asked some of her co-workers for their favorite “make ahead” recipes to feed all the out of town guests who would be attending the wedding. This Melange of Fruit Salad was one of those recipes and has been in our family for 32 years.
Melange of Fruits Salad
We serve it for just about every special occasion. I like it because:
- You can make it year round with whatever fruit is in season. I’ve made it with apples, oranges, pears, mandarins, kiwi, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries & grapes. Just whatever looked good in the store that day.
- It keeps for up to 5 days. The wine in the dressing keeps apples & pears from turning brown.
- You can double or triple it easily to have enough for a crowd.
- It’s pretty & delicious.
- After the fruit is gone, you can drink the leftover dressing and get a buzz. Someone told me that…
Melange of Fruit Salad
Blackberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Apple, Blackberries & Kiwi
Melange of Fruits Salad
Uses seasonal fruit with a dressing of white wine & honey.
Serves 8
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup honey
1/2 tsp. powdered cinnamon
Dash of allspice
3 TBS. fresh mint, chopped
Dash of Amaretto
Instructions:
Put cut up fruit into serving bowl. Mix rest of the ingredients together and pour over fruit. Stir. Refrigerate and chill.
Melange of Fruits Salad served in a crystal bowl I received as a wedding gift in 1984.
*If I don’t have fresh mint, I have substituted Crème de Menthe for the mint and Amaretto.
My mom & me at my wedding on April 14, 1984
hrecipe tags:
Fruit Salad
- Fruit
- White Wine
- Honey
Takes ,
serves eight people.
- Start by mixing all the ingredients together.
Love this recipe & can’t wait to pass it down to Madeline one day!
Awe – can’t imagine her hosting us – but some day she will!
I like the combination of all the berries in this fruit salad. Stumbled and Pinned.
Have a wonderful week.
Joy – I’m like you – when all the berries are in season, they are GREAT in this salad. Thanks for reading, commenting, pinning and stumbling!
I have been looking for a good dressing for fruit salad. I’ll be pinning this in a minute for a luncheon I’m having this coming month.
Carol – I always get asked for this recipe and it’s my favorite to take to a luncheon. It can even sit out on a buffet for a long time & still stays good. Let me know how they like it!
Looks so delicious and easy enough for even this non-cook to make. Love your wedding photo with your mom. Lovely.
Easiest salad ever, Cathy. The picture with my mom is special. Really takes me back.
It sounds delicious and I love a big fresh fruit salad for summer dessert. And your wedding photo made me smile – we were married in 1983 – it gave me a little ‘back in time’ moment 🙂
Glad you got a smile out of that, Leanne! My friends and I that were married in the ’80’s always joke that we all wore the “same dress”! Enjoy the salad!
Looks beautiful. I love that it will keep for 5 days. Pinned it.
Great – hope you get to make it sometime! Thanks for pinning!
Looks so appetising Cathy! What a beautiful photo of you and your Mum. A lovely keepsake for you xxx
It is a special treat! I love the picture too! Many great memories of time with her and that special day.
Wow, that looks delicious! And that picture of you and your mom is gorgeous!
Thanks, Lois! Special lady on a special day. I miss her, but love her smile in this picture. It captures the essence of who she was. And the salad is yummy. Hope you get to try it some time.
Maybe it serves eight people but if I made it, it would probably serve one. (Me!) It looks fabulous.
Totally get you, Roz! They are talking about a 1/2 cup for 1 serving. Who only eats 1/2 cup! Not me! Thanks for reading and commenting!
Yummy. Fruit salad is always the best, this is a new recipe though, which makes me excited.
Glad you like it, Kellie. It’s different from any fruit salad recipe I have ever seen. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Wow, this is fabulous! I am so sick of the usual fruit salads, and this is like nothing I’ve seen before. Plus, honey is one of my favorite foods. Pinned it. Thank you so much for this. #WAYWOW
Regina – in all the years I’ve been making this fruit salad, I’ve never seen a similar recipe. It is different and delicious. Thanks for pinning!
I love this! I’m a big fruit salad fun and I love your mom’s philosophy of making stuff ahead so she could enjoy her guests. The wedding picture is beautiful and I LOL’d at your comment about drinking the dressing! 😉
Erin -you will so enjoy this fruit salad! And I’m not kidding about drinking the dressing! 🙂
That looks deadly! I am definitely going to be trying this! Pinned on pinterest! Also I just want to say that I love your wedding picture with your mom, beautiful!
Thanks so much Lindsey – hope you enjoy it!
Delicious looking. You look stunning in your gown:) Thanks for sharing with us on Thursday Favorite Things.
Cheers,
Jennifer
http://awellstyledlife.com
Thanks, Jennifer! The salad is so good. My wedding dress is so 80’s! 🙂
I love your substitution for fresh mint. I think I’ll likely always ‘be out’ of fresh mint…to justify the substitution!
It really IS better with fresh mint, but I am more likely to have creme de Menthe in the house!
This sounds delightful. Thanks for sharing your family recipe, and your wedding photo 🙂
Thanks for sharing your recipe. I can’t wait to try it! I love the 80’s wedding picture. I was married in 1981 – a time where bare shoulders were not the norm.
Yes – we totally covered ourselves in lace, didn’t we? LOL!
Love this recipe! I’m having friends over this weekend and definitely want to serve this.
Katy – this is a great make ahead for company and keeps several days in the fridge. The wine keeps your fruit from turning brown. I hope you guests like it as much as we do!
Mmmmm some yummy looking fruit salads here! Thanks for sharing. Two Wolves Fight for Supremacy
This fruit salad looks lovely. Healthy and delicious 🙂
I don’t know if it’s all THAT healthy, but it sure is delicious!
Love the wedding picture. You are a beautiful bride.
Thanks, Melissa! 33 years ago!
I love starting the day with fruit salad Cathy it is always so colourful and refreshing. Thanks for sharing with us at #overthemoon. I love the photo of you and you Mum on your wedding day. I’ve pinned and shared.
Thanks, Sue! This is a good one!
I love quick and easy recipes – this looks delicious! (I think I had the same wedding dress, got married the same year!) Thanks for sharing on The Blogger’s Pit Stop!
I think there was only one wedding dress in 1984 and we all wore it! LOL! Hope you enjoy the fruit salad. We love it!
I make fruit salad usually with the fruits available in the saeson. With a lime juice on it. But your fruit salad is something looks so great and fabulous. I never thought that fruit salad can be make so yummy and different. I write down your recipe and surely will try it atleast once.
Great – this salad is so good with any fruits that are in season.
Love the recipe..Totally perfect dressing for fruit salad
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Menaka – I just made this salad again over the weekend for a family party! It was a hit!
Simply Beautiful!! I’d love it if you shared this at our What’s for Dinner party – http://www.lazygastronome.com/whats-for-dinner-sunday-link-up-146/
Thanks so much, Helen! This is a family favorite!