{"id":29645,"date":"2022-07-27T15:07:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T22:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/?p=29645"},"modified":"2025-06-02T10:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:13:24","slug":"red-fruit-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/red-fruit-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Fruit Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While you can pick up a carton of fruit salad at any grocery store, the best fruit salad is one that you make at home. And, for this red fruit salad<\/strong>, you'll focus on the fruit that everyone seems to love: fresh berries and cherries, and forgo all the rest.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As its name implies, this fresh fruit salad is made entirely with red fruit. It can include plums, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, currants, and other red fruit. These ingredients are often people's favorite fruits, so the salad's always a win - especially when you're feeding guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's a sweet, fresh summer dish that you can serve as both a side dish and a dessert, and it works especially well for potlucks, summer picnics, and Fourth of July barbecues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What's in it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A good fruit salad needs a few key ingredients: fruit, acid, and a sweetener. In addition to these key three ingredients, you'll benefit from adding herbs and spices to enhance the flavor of the fruit and chopped nuts, flaked coconut, or another similar ingredient that can give it texture and crunch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this red fruit salad, you'll find cherries and berries, toasted almonds, and a vanilla simple syrup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n