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Red & Green Fruit Salad with Cinnamon Orange Dressing

Stacey Pirtle

by Stacey Published: Nov 21, 2019

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This easy winter fruit salad is filled with apples, dried cranberries, green grapes, kiwi and strawberries for a cheerful red & green, festive look! Tossed in a simple cinnamon orange honey dressing, this crisp and sweetly tart salad appeals to the senses and celebrates all the right flavors of the season.

 

Red & green Fruit salad in a white bowl

Red & Green Fruit Salad Scripture- I Corinthians 10:31

 

What You Need to Make Red & Green Fruit Salad with Dressing

  • red apple
  • green apple
  • strawberries
  • green grapes
  • dried cranberries
  • kiwi

DRESSING

  • orange juice
  • honey
  • cinnamon
  • ginger
  • vanilla

 

Fruit and other ingredients for Red & Green Fruit Salad and Dressing.

There’s hardly anything better than a big bowl of fruit salad!  And this gorgeous bounty of red & green deliciousness is no different.  It sits just as comfortably on the holiday dinner table as it does on the brunch table or dessert buffet.  Need something to take to a potluck, tailgate or party?  No one is going to turn down fruit salad…

 

A bowl of Red & Green Fruit Salad tossed in orange cinnamon dressing

Especially this one!  It is a veritable kaleidoscope of color, flavor and aroma. The crunch of the apples and the sweet of the berries and kiwi fruit is only made better by the tart zing of dried cranberries and green grapes.  Think it can’t get any better?  Just wait until you whisk together the fragrant honey, orange juice, vanilla and cinnamon for the light, perfectly balanced dressing!  And just look at all that scrumptious, punchy color.  Red and green never looked so good.

 

Red & Green Fruit Salad close up

There’s hardly an event we don’t celebrate without a fruit salad around here.  It’s always the star of any table.  The Engineer declares it one of his most favorite”anytime” dishes, meaning he thinks it suitable to be guiltlessly consumed all day long and at every occasion.  And with just one bite of this delicious eye-catching salad, I think you’ll agree!

Red & green Fruit salad in a white bowl

Red & Green Fruit Salad

This easy winter fruit salad is filled with red & green apples, dried cranberries, kiwi and strawberries for a festive look!
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Easy Recipe, fruit, holiday
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 people
Author: Stacey | SouthernDiscourse.com

Ingredients

  • 1 medium red apple, chopped
  • 1 medium green apple, chopped
  • 2 C halved green grapes
  • 1 C dried cranberries
  • 3-4 kiwi fruit, peeled, halved and sliced
  • 16 oz strawberries, sliced

Dressing

  • ¼ C honey
  • ¼ C orange juice
  • 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp ginger

Instructions

  • In a small bowl or measuring cup, whisk together ingredients for dressing. Set aside.
  • Mix together chopped and sliced fruit. Pour dressing over fruit and gently toss. Serve immediately or cover & refrigerate before serving.
Red & green Fruit salad in a white bowl
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Pro Tips

  • When chopping and slicing my fruit, I chop my apples last.  This gives them less time to sit out in the air and turn brown.
  • This is also why it is important to make the dressing first and have it ready to pour over the fruit as soon as you finishing chopping.
  • Delicious add-ins:  coconut and/or pecans

 

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This easy winter fruit salad is filled with red & green apples, dried cranberries, kiwi and strawberries for a festive look! Simple, healthy honey orange dressing with poppy seeds. #southerndiscourse #thanksgiving #christmas

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  1. Nikki Moranville

    November 21, 2019 at 2:58 pm

    Instructions?

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    • Stacey Pirtlestacey

      November 21, 2019 at 4:33 pm

      Have mercy! Is the recipe card not showing? Let me get right to that!

      Reply
  2. Stacey Pirtlestacey

    November 21, 2019 at 4:37 pm

    Ok! The recipe card and pro tips should be showing up now. Thank you so much, Nikki!

    Reply
  3. Christine

    December 19, 2021 at 3:28 pm

    Question – fresh or powdered ginger?

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    • Stacey Pirtlestacey

      December 20, 2021 at 11:58 am

      Hi, Christine! It is ground ginger (powdered). I know you will love this fruit salad!

      Reply
  4. Sylvia

    December 21, 2021 at 6:54 pm

    What can I use instead of honey?

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    • Stacey Pirtlestacey

      December 22, 2021 at 9:42 am

      Hi, Sylvia! I’m sorry, but I don’t have any alternatives to the honey. It is an important flavor in the dressing.

      Reply
  5. JP

    September 4, 2022 at 9:53 pm

    Made this for Labor Day/College Football Party, deliciously different, love the tang of the dressing, will be making this again❤️

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    • Stacey Pirtlestacey

      September 5, 2022 at 10:15 am

      Hi, JP! I am just tickled you made this fruit salad for your football party! Thank you so much. Makes ny day that you enjoyed it!

      Reply
  6. Patty

    December 19, 2022 at 12:18 pm

    Will this be ok to make a day ahead?

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    • Stacey Pirtlestacey

      December 19, 2022 at 2:22 pm

      Hi, Patty! When I want to prep this salad ahead of time, I’ve found this yields the best results: I prepare my grapes, kiwi and strawberries and refreigerate them separately in zip top bags. I also mix up up my dressing, cover and store. The next day, I put together all prepped ingredients, chop and add the apples and dress the salad! Hope that helps!

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  7. Melissa

    December 23, 2022 at 3:51 pm

    Hi there!! Does the dressing need to be refrigerated after prepping?

    Thanks so much!

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    • Stacey Pirtlestacey

      December 23, 2022 at 9:19 pm

      Hi, Melissa! Yes, the dressing should be refrigerated just like you would your orange juice you would drink for breakfast! I know you’ll love this salad as much as we do. It’s so festive!

      Reply

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