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grandpas fruit salad

(1 rating)
Recipe by
joyce gutche
pleasant prairie, WI

a must have at every family dinner. it just isnt a holiday without it. and a great dish for the kids to make.

(1 rating)
yield 8 -10
prep time 30 Min

Ingredients For grandpas fruit salad

  • one large can fruit cocktail
  • 2
    bananas
  • 1
    apple cored and diced
  • 1
    small can pineapple tidbits
  • 1
    small can mandarin orange slices
  • 1
    small jar marachino cherries
  • 1
    container of cool whip
  • 1/2
    bag of mini marshmallows

How To Make grandpas fruit salad

  • 1
    drain all canned fruit while cutting up the rest of the fresh fruit saving a few cherries for garnish
  • 2
    fold all ingredients into the coolwhip and refrigerate until serving. at our house we need to pruchase an extra jar of cherries for garnish as the reserved ones seem to dissappear.
  • 3
    as i said, a very good dish for the younger cooks as it doesnt take a very sharp knife or any advanced cutting skills to achive desired effect and they are so proud to have helped with the family meal
  • 4
    hint: very good to serve with ham as it helps to cut the saltiness of the ham.
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