Recipes for fruit salad to make ahead

[Mama Geek]

I am taking a fruit salad to church on Sunday and would like to be able to make it Saturday night.  I want to use fresh fruit and not have it turn brown by Sunday lunch time.  Anybody have something tried and true that they really like.  I am not looking for something like ambrosia salad, just fruit and a light dressing to mix it with.

[SparklyUnicorn]

If you do stuff with melons, you won't need to worry about it turning brown.  When I worked at the assisted living place we did honeydew, cantaloupe, grapes, and sometimes watermelon.  We didn't put dressing on it though.  That can sit for a bit though so it's good for making ahead.

 

 

[Spryte]

Oranges (cut up), or if you feel lazy throw in mandarin oranges, strawberries, blueberries, melon.  

 

Take vanilla yogurt as a dressing.  

[KatieJ]

Fruit salad at our house is just fruit. If we make it ahead we avoid bananas, apples, etc. stick with melons and berries, kiwi, and let it marinade overnight. I have been asked what the dressing is. 😀

We have used some honey for a light dressing. I have also read you can use a box of dry vanilla pudding sprinkled over the fruit.

[Bambam]

Strawberries, blueberries, grapes - add apple pie filling (or peach pie filling) - stir.

Add bananas in the morning and stir again to coat them with the pie filling syrup. 

 

Yummy! 

[tm919]

It costs an arm and a leg, but my go-to for fruit salad is pineapples (cubed up), blueberries, strawberries, and sometimes raspberries. I bring them in separate tupperwares then throw them in the bowl together. I don't put any sauce on it because it's one of the few things at some gatherings that people with dietary requirements/allergies can eat.

[Mama Geek]

It doesn't have to have a sauce, I just want something easy that I can do the night before.  I hadn't thought about doing something like cutting up bananas the morning of and adding them.

[Pippen]

I would do all the prep work the night before--washing and cutting up--using fruits that won't brown. Bag them up separately and then it will be quick to combine them in the morning. Melons, grapes, strawberries, blueberries, and pineapple all would work well for your situation.

[Cinder]

It doesn't have to have a sauce, I just want something easy that I can do the night before.  I hadn't thought about doing something like cutting up bananas the morning of and adding them.

 

I would avoid bananas completely. They tend to go brown and mushy too quickly.

[momto10blessings]

Cantaloupe, honeydew and grapes. Maybe some blueberries. No sauce.

[whitestavern]

Not sure what the weather's like where you are, but I often make this winter fruit salad the evening before serving. It's different but yummy.

 

http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/norwegian-winter-fruit-salad/