Ambrosia Fruit Salad

Ambrosia fruit salad is a popular variation of the traditional fruit salad and can easily do double duty as as side dish for a summertime barbeque or a light wintertime dessert. Most recipes for ambrosia fruit salad use whipped cream or sour cream, but in today's health-conscious society, the cream is often replaced by vanilla yogurt.

If time is not an issue, use fresh fruit (pineapple, banana, red and green grapes, or your choice of fruit), otherwise canned fruit will do the trick. Flaked coconut, walnuts and marshmallows are also generally used in the traditional Ambrosia fruit salad recipe.

Our Ambrosia fruit salad recipe is very forgiving and versatile, so feel free to substitute your favorite fruit (apples, grapes, bananas) to 'make this recipe your own'.

Ambrosia Fruit Salad

2 cans (11 oz) mandarin oranges, drained
2 cans (15 oz) fruit cocktail, drained
2 cups flaked or shredded coconut
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 can (8 oz) pineapple chunks, drained
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 jar (10 oz) maraschino cherries, drained (optional)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 container (8 oz) whipped cream, whipped

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl; chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

Enjoy!

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