Mixed Fruit Salad with Honey-Lemon Yogurt Dressing
Jun 16, 2016, Updated May 12, 2021
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Mixed Fruit Salad with Honey-Lemon Yogurt Dressing – Perfect Summer Fruit Salad with grapes, blackberries, apples, pineapples and crunchy pecans mixed with a simple, yet cool and refreshing Honey-Lemon Yogurt Dressing.
This. Is. So. Good. Oh, this is SO gooooood.
HEY! Hi! How do you do?
This post is sponsored by my friends at Time Inc. just in time for my MUCHO needed ME-TIME. With end of school year activities that piled up, I am ready to unplug, unwind, and do what I do best; read and cook. On my own. No noise. Just me and my magazines, while chillin’ with a cup of coffee and a French Vanilla scented candle.
Like so;
Sunday, in particular, is the one day I take some me time to try a new recipe, a new lipstick, too, paint my nails, and catch up on magazines. Carving out a little time for myself relieves stress and is an opportunity to recharge my batteries. If I don’t take care of myself, I can’t take care of the rest of the fam, know what I’m sayin’? You, too?? High Five!
Usually, I just hop over to our nearby Jewel-Osco (<— click it for coupons!) and hoard all the magazines that I can find; People for some juicy gossip, In Style for some fashion inspiration, and Cooking Light for a bit of good ol’ food inspiration.
I realize that me time means different things to different people. It can mean getting a massage, or a pedicure every Friday after work, even a blow out for the weekend. BUT, to me? Me Time is all about sitting on the couch, flipping through In Style Magazine and pretending that I have $1800 to spend on a new Gucci bag. And those Jimmy Choo shoes. I come back to Earth as soon as I start looking through my recipe magazines and find a recipe that I have all the ingredients for to make right away. And I do.
Evidence:
2 Ingredient Banana Pancakes. Say whaaaat?
YEP! THIS is why I love my magazines; it’s all about learning, it’s about escapism and, of course, inspiration.
Evidence Deux:
Meet my summer obsession: Mixed Fruit Salad with Honey-Lemon Yogurt Dressing. It’s rare for me to make the same salad over and over again, but there’s always an exception.
Layers of grapes, apples, blackberries, pineapples and crunchy pecans, all tossed in the most amazing honey lemon yogurt dressing. That right there is the language of summer fruit lovin’.
Throwing together a quick fruit salad is easy, BUT it’s worth taking the time to mix up a sweet, delicious dressing and suddenly, a simple fruit becomes a dessert to remember.
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Also? Make this salad as soon as possible. You will not regret it.
ENJOY!
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Mixed Fruit Salad with Honey-Lemon Yogurt Dressing
Ingredients
FOR THE HONEY-LEMON YOGURT DRESSING
- 1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt, (I use Dannon)
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 to 2 tablespoons honey
FOR THE FRUIT SALAD
- 2 cups seedless grapes
- 2 cups thinly sliced apples
- 1 cup blackberries
- 2 cups fresh diced pineapples
- 1 cup halved pecans
Instructions
- In a small jar, combine the yogurt, lemon juice, lemon zest, and honey.
- Cover jar with the lid and shake to blend.
- Taste and adjust accordingly. Set aside.
- Layer all the fruit in a large salad bowl and top with pecans.*
- Stir the entire yogurt mixture into the fruit salad until thoroughly combined.**
- Serve.***
Notes
**If not using right away, do not mix the yogurt dressing into the salad until you are ready to serve.
***Keep refrigerated.
Nutrition
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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of PEOPLE®, Real Simple®, InStyle®, CookingLight® and Sunset®. The opinions and text are all mine.
I have made this recipe 3 times in a week. Love it!!!!!