Easy Fruit Salad Recipes for the Healthy Sweet Tooth

Each fruit provides a different taste to satisfy different palettes and also gives various vitamins and minerals. Fruit salads are a popular dessert not only among weight watchers - they satisfy your sweet tooth and at the same time provide the body with essential nutrients!
Here are 4 easy, must-try fruit salad recipes:
Fluffy Pistachio Fruit Salad
What you need:

• 2 bananas, sliced
• 2 1/2 cups crushed pineapple with juice
• 2 cups fruit cocktail
• 2 cups miniature marshmallows
• 1 1/2 cups mandarin oranges
• 1 1/2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1/2 cup instant pistachio pudding mix

Combine crushed pineapple and pudding mix in a large mixing bowl. Mix well. Stir in whipped topping then bananas, fruit cocktail, marshmallows and mandarin oranges. Cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving.

Very Berry Salad
What you need:

• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 1 cup fresh blackberries
• 1 cup fresh raspberries
• 1 cup fresh strawberries, quartered lengthwise
• 1 teaspoon white sugar

In a medium glass bowl, mix together blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. Sprinkle with white sugar. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.
Herbed Fruit Salad
What you need:

• 2 kumquats, seeded and chopped
• 1 pear, peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 cucumber, peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 1/3 cups quinoa, rinsed
• 1 cup coarsely chopped watercress
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

With the 1 1/2 cups water, bring the quinoa to a boil in a medium saucepan. Reduce heat to low and stir constantly for 10-12 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and allow to cool. Mix together kumquats, cilantro, olive oil, lemon juice and kosher salt in a small bowl. Set aside to steep. In a large bowl, combine pear, cucumber and cooked quinoa. Add the dressing to the bowl, stir then serve.
Butterscotch Fruit Mix

What you need:

• 4 apples, diced
• 2 cups frozen non-dairy whipped topping, thawed
• 2 cups crushed pineapple with juice
• 1 cup dry roasted peanuts
• 1/2 cup instant butterscotch pudding mix

In a medium bowl, combine diced apples, peanuts and pudding mix. Mix until ingredients are thoroughly combined. Add whipped topping and crushed pineapple to the mixture then stir. Cover and refrigerate overnight before serving.
Take a break from the usual green salads and cater to your sweet tooth with these easy fruit salad recipes - they're easy to make, unique and good for your health! You can never go wrong with fresh and all-natural fruits especially when you're eating them as a treat!

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