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grandpa's ambrosia

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Aimee Bentley
Memphis, TN

This is one of those tastes I recognize from my childhood when my grandfather would segment the grapefruits by hand. I take the easy way and use the grapefruit in juice. Tasty either way. My daughter is fixing it for our Christmas day celebration. I will post pictures soon.

(1 rating)
prep time 15 Min
method Refrigerate/Freeze

Ingredients For grandpa's ambrosia

  • 1 lg jar
    grapefruit, sectioned, drained
  • 2 15 oz can
    mandarin oranges, in own juice, do not drain
  • 15 oz can
    pineapple, crushed
  • 8 oz jar
    maraschino cherries
  • 1 cup
    coconut, flaked

How To Make grandpa's ambrosia

  • 1
    Mix all ingredients together. Add enough of the marachino juice to tint the liquid pink. Refridgerate for as long as you can stand to. Serve and enjoy!!!
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