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Lemon Yogurt Fruit Salad is loaded with fresh summertime fruit – strawberries, pineapple, blueberries, kiwi, and mandarin oranges – covered in a simple honey lemon yogurt dressing with fresh lemon juice 🍓🍊🍋🥝🫐
Lemon Yogurt Fruit Salad with Fresh Summertime Fruits
Whenever I start to see all the fresh summertime fruits at the store – I always make this creamy, light, refreshing, fresh fruit salad with an amazing yogurt dressing.
Lots of fruit salads call for marshmallows, whipped cream and possibly a pudding mix. But I love the simplicity of this fruit salad because the fresh, juicy fruit shines through in this recipe. The natural sweetness of the fruit is just a burst of flavor in this fruit salad.
The easy lemon yogurt dressing is simply lemon yogurt, fresh lemon juice, and honey. The honey pairs perfectly with the natural and juicy sweetness of the fresh fruit.
Why You’ll Love This Fresh Fruit Salad 🍓🥝🍊🫐
- 🍓 Looks so pretty at any table or gathering – with it’s bright colors!
- 🍊 Use up those juicy, ripe summertime fruits
- 🍋 Easy to customize with the lemon yogurt you use and even the fruit
- 🥝 Easy to make
- 🫐 Make prep a breeze and purchase pre-cut fresh fruit from the store
Ingredients Needed For Lemon Yogurt Fruit Salad
- Strawberries : Depending on the size of the strawberries, you can cut them in half or into fourths, or chop them smaller if preferred.
- Fresh Pineapple : Cut a fresh pineapple into chunks, or purchase some cut pineapple spears at the store and cut them into chunks.
- Blueberries : Pick out the bad ones and wash & drain them.
- Kiwi
- Mandarin Oranges : One 15 ounce can that has been drained well.
- Lemon Yogurt : Get creative here and use your favorite yogurt variation; Greek yogurt, regular Yoplait lemon yogurt, lite, reduced-fat, anything works here. Make sure you love the flavor of it! I use regular Yoplait lemon yogurt when I make this salad.
- Honey
- Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice : 1 tablespoon of juice which is about half of a large, juicy lemon.
How To Make Fresh Fruit Salad with a Yogurt Dressing (Printable Recipe Card)
Add all the fresh, chopped fruit into a large bowl or a serving bowl.
In a small bowl, whisk the lemon yogurt, honey, and fresh lemon juice until combined. Pour the dressing over top the fruit in the larger bowl. Stir everything together, gently, until everything is well coated.
I recommend serving it right away OR you can cover the bowl with a lid and refrigerate for up to 2 hours before serving if you prefer time for the dressing to chill.
How To Store Leftover Fresh Fruit Salad
This fruit salad is best served the day it’s made, or within 2 hours of making it, if you prefer it more chilled. However, leftovers will keep well in the refrigerator for up to 2-3 days.
Give the salad a good stir before eating leftovers. As it sits in the fridge, the fruit will release ore “juices” so the fruit salad may not be as creamy.
Pro Tips From The Test Kitchen
- Make sure the fruit is well drained and patted dry with a paper towel before adding it into the bowl. You don’t want to add extra moisture into the salad. For the Mandarin oranges and blueberries, I will pat them dry with paper towels before adding them into the bowl.
- If you want a sweeter taste, or less sweet taste, adjust the honey accordingly.
- Use fresh lemon juice for the best flavor and not bottled lemon juice.
- Switch up the flavor of yogurt – any fruit yogurt would be so good in this recipe, such as mango, pineapple, strawberry, blueberry, etc.
- A trick for the pineapple is to buy some freshly cut pineapple chunks or spears from the grocery store. This is way easier than cutting a fresh pineapple and dealing with all that.
- A one pound container of strawberries is enough for this recipe.
- If you are wanting to transport this fruit salad, or want to make it ahead of time, prepare the fruit part in a large bowl and then prepare the dressing in a separate bowl. Take the two bowls with you and assemble it and mix it together right before serving. I sometimes will do this anyways because I prefer when the dressing is really chilled for when I serve it.
- Another variation is to use key lime yogurt and fresh lime juice. Or use orange cream yogurt and fresh squeezed orange juice.
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Lemon Yogurt Fruit Salad
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups halved strawberries
- 2 cups chopped fresh pineapple
- 2 cups blueberries (rinsed & patted dry)
- 4 kiwis (skin peeled & chopped)
- 1 can (15 oz) mandarin oranges (drained well & patted dry)
- 1 container (6 oz) lemon yogurt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- Add all the fresh chopped fruit into a large bowl or a serving bowl.2 cups halved strawberries, 2 cups chopped fresh pineapple, 2 cups blueberries, 4 kiwis, 1 can (15 oz) mandarin oranges
- In a small bowl, whisk the lemon yogurt, honey, and fresh lemon juice until combined. Pour the dressing over top the fruit in the larger bowl. Stir everything together, gently, until everything is well coated.1 container (6 oz) lemon yogurt, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- I recommend serving it right away OR you can cover the bowl with a lid and refrigerate for up to 2 hours before serving if you prefer time for the dressing to chill. * Tip – I like the dressing chilled so I will make it ahead of time and store it in the fridge (up to 24 hours) and then when I am ready to prepare and serve the salad, I just add the chilled mixed dressing right into the fruit and serve!
Notes
- Make sure the fruit is well drained and patted dry with a paper towel before adding it into the bowl. You don’t want to add extra moisture into the salad. For the Mandarin oranges and blueberries, I will pat them dry with paper towels before adding them into the bowl.
- If you want a sweeter taste, or less sweet taste, adjust the honey accordingly.
- Use fresh lemon juice for the best flavor and not bottled lemon juice.
- Switch up the flavor of yogurt – any fruit yogurt would be so good in this recipe, such as mango, pineapple, strawberry, blueberry, etc.
- A trick for the pineapple is to buy some freshly cut pineapple chunks or spears from the grocery store. This is way easier than cutting a fresh pineapple and dealing with all that.
- A one pound container of strawberries is enough for this recipe.
- If you are wanting to transport this fruit salad, or want to make it ahead of time, prepare the fruit part in a large bowl and then prepare the dressing in a separate bowl. Take the two bowls with you and assemble it and mix it together right before serving. I sometimes will do this anyways because I prefer when the dressing is really chilled for when I serve it.
- Another variation is to use key lime yogurt and fresh lime juice. Or use orange cream yogurt and fresh squeezed orange juice.
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