Summer Fresh Fruit Salad Recipes

Brighten up your outdoor meals with summer's best fresh fruit salads.

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Warmed Berries with Honey and Fresh Cheese

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Warmed Berries with Honey and Fresh Cheese Recipe
You may adapt this dessert to your taste by adjusting the blend of berries, the amount of honey, or even the amount of cheese. The idea is luxury in the amount of berries. Fromage blanc is wonderfully subtle; you can sub Greek yogurt, which is tangier.

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Summer Melon and Ham Salad with Burrata and Chile

Photo: Iain Bagwell; Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas

Summer Melon and Ham Salad with Burrata and Chile Recipe
The musky fruit, salty-sweet ham, and creamy cheese balance one another. If you can't find burrata, substitute fresh mozzarella.

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Summer Fig and Watermelon Salad with Feta

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Summer Fig and Watermelon Salad with Feta Recipe
Balsamic glaze is a syrup of concentrated, cooked-down, sweetened balsamic vinegar. It adds a tangy element to this refreshing salad. Look for it near the vinegar.

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Summer Melon Salad

Photo: Greg Dupree; Styling: Claire Spollen

Summer Melon Salad Recipe
Bacon in fruit salad isn't weird, trust us. It just makes it sweet-and-salty.

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Simply Red Fruit Salad

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Simply Red Fruit Salad Recipe
This juicy, crimson-colored salad uses liquid from boiled cherries, reserved orange juice, lime zest and jam to create a sweet sauce to drizzle over fresh fruit.

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Orange-and-Basil Macerated Cherries

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Orange-and-Basil Macerated Cherries Recipe
This light yet satisfying fruit salad is perfectly paired with Ricotta cheese.

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Strawberry-Blueberry Relish

Photo: Hector Sanchez; Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller

Strawberry-Blueberry Relish Recipe
Sweet berries and jalapeño heat make this a flavorful accompaniment for your favorite grilled fish.

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Honeydew Relish Salad

Lara Hata

Honeydew Relish Salad Recipe
Maximize melon flavor in a salad featuring balls or cubes of honeydew, celery, cucumber and grapes tossed in a sweet and tangy vinaigrette.

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Honey Custard with Berries

Photo: Hector Sanchez; Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller

Honey Custard with Berries Recipe
If you don't have white balsamic vinegar, substitute Champagne vinegar or apple cider vinegar.

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Summer Fruit Salad

Photo: Jennifer Davick; Styling: Buffy Hargett

Summer Fruit Salad Recipe
Add some savory flavor to your sweet fruit salad with avocado, arugula, and cilantro and mix with a bottled poppy seed dressing.

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Francie's Fruit Salad

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Francie's Fruit Salad Recipe
You can make simple but delicious fruit salad using whatever's in season. The secret: candied ginger syrup.

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Citrus Salad with Balsamic Honey and Pistachios

Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Claire Spollen

Citrus Salad with Balsamic Honey and Pistachios Recipe
Blood oranges are a little bit tart, and navels are sweeter. Try a mix of the two for a colorful, tasty combo.

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Gin and Maple Macerated Berries

Photo: Jennifer Causey; Styling: Lindsey Lower

Gin and Maple Macerated Berries Recipe
In this fruit salad, sugar, lime, and gin soften and preserve berries while extracting their natural juices to become a syrupy sauce.

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Tropical Fruit Salad

Tropical Fruit Salad Recipe
Escape on a tropical getaway with this colorful salad bursting with grapes, bananas, pineapple and mango.

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Fruit Salad with Yogurt

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Fruit Salad with Yogurt Recipe
Top fresh pineapple, strawberries, grapes and mango with a sweet and creamy Greek yogurt dressing.

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Melon Salad with Savory Granola

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Melon Salad with Savory Granola Recipe
Heirloom Charentais melons have smooth, gray-green skin and bright orange flesh that is supersweet and fragrant. For a substitute you can use a combination of honeydew melon and cantaloupe.

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Melon-and-Strawberry Salad with Spicy Lemongrass Syrup

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Melon-and-Strawberry Salad with Spicy Lemongrass Syrup Recipe
Chiles add subtle heat to this exceptional fruit salad. You can use any of the lemongrass syrup left in the bowl for cocktails: just mix a little of it into rum and pour the drink over ice.

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Watermelon Salad with Feta and Cucumber Pickles

Photo: Jennifer Causey; Styling: Lindsey Lower

Watermelon Salad with Feta and Cucumber Pickles Recipe
Sumac--available at spice stores--adds a subtle piney, tangy note, but don't worry if you can't find it: The salad will still have loads of flavor complexity without it. You could also sub 1 teaspoon of prepared horseradish for the wasabi powder.

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Watermelon Salad

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Watermelon Salad Recipe
Instead of offering watermelon wedges at your next cookout, branch out with this sweet and savory watermelon salad featuring cubed watermelon, red onion, kalamata olives, mint, and feta cheese. Even with all the added flavorful ingredients, it still weighs in at only 46 calories per 1/2-cup serving.

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Stone Fruit Salad with Toasted Almonds

Stone Fruit Salad with Toasted Almonds Recipe
Balance the sweetness of peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots and cherries with crumbled goat cheese and a white wine vinaigrette.

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Fruit Salad with Lemon-Honey Dressing

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Fruit Salad with Lemon-Honey Dressing Recipe
Toss cantaloupe, pineapple, blueberries and nectarines in a tangy-sweet dressing for a salad that is the essence of summer.

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Summertime Fruit Salad with Cream

Summertime Fruit Salad with Cream Recipe
Whipping cream flavored with raspberry-liqueur is the crowning glory for the mixture of fresh berries, cherries, and nectarines and makes this salad special enough to serve as dessert.

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Fruit Salad with Citrus-Mint Dressing

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Fruit Salad with Citrus-Mint Dressing Recipe
Serve this tropical fruit salad of papaya, melon, and kiwifruit as a salad, light breakfast, or healthy dessert. The refreshing mint dressing enhances the flavors of the colorful fruit.

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Fruit Salad with Honey-Yogurt Sauce

Oxmoor House

Fruit Salad with Honey-Yogurt Sauce Recipe
Add honey and lime juice to yogurt for a simple fruit dressing for the fruit. Pineapple, kiwi, banana, and flaked coconut give the salad a tropical flair.

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Mango-Strawberry Salad

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Mango-Strawberry Salad Recipe
Heighten the bright flavors of strawberries and mango by tossing the fruit in a tangy lime syrup.

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Melon, Berry, and Pear Salad with Cayenne-Lemon-Mint Syrup

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Melon, Berry, and Pear Salad with Cayenne-Lemon-Mint Syrup Recipe
The ground red pepper provides an unexpected heat that balances the sweetness of the melons, pears and fresh berries.

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Layered Fruit Congealed Salad

Layered Fruit Congealed Salad Recipe
Kid-friendly congealed salads are great for summertime entertaining since you can make the recipe a day or two ahead. The sweetened cream cheese layer and the fresh fruit make this salad sweet enough for dessert.

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Summer Fruit Salad Recipes