Summer Fruit Salad with Lemon Dressing
This This Summer Fruit Salad with Lemon Dressing is super healthy, delicious, refreshing and perfect for a hot summer day. It's absolutely jammed pack full of fresh fruit that is paired with a fabulous sweet tangy dressing, and best of all, this salad really is as good as it looks!
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time35 minutes mins
Course: Dessert, Salad, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: fruit salad, fruit salad with lemon dressing, summer fruit salad
Servings: 8
Calories: 111kcal
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¾ cup water
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest from 1 lemon
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice from 1 lemon
- 2 cups red grapes sliced in half
- 2 cups green grapes sliced in half
- 2 cups blueberries
- 2 cups strawberries
- fresh mint leaves
Make the dressing. In a small saucepan, bring to a boil the sugar, water, lemon zest and lemon juice. Continue cooking for a few more minutes, about 10-15 minutes, until the sauce begins to thicken a bit. Cool, then refrigerate. The dressing needs to be completely cool before pouring it on the fruits.
Make the salad. In a large bowl, toss all the fruit together including the mint. When ready to serve pour the lemon dressing over and toss well.
- Fruit such as bananas and apples are prone to browning quickly once cut. I don't recommend bananas unless you eat the salad immediately after assembling. The apples may brown a bit, but will still be good, and the lemon juice will help to prevent discolouration.
- If you use softer fruits, they tend to not last that long. It is best to eat them the same day.
- Although fruit can be frozen, it will change the texture of this salad, so I don't recommend using frozen fruit. Fresh is always best!
- If making this fruit salad ahead, don't add the lemon dressing until ready to serve. Store the tossed fruit in an airtight container and lemon dressing in a jar for up to 3 days. If you have leftover fruit salad with the dressing on, you can store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for no more than a day.
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 111kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 236mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 75IU | Vitamin C: 31mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg