This post is sponsored in conjunction with #SpringSweetsWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to help in the creation of the weeks recipes. All opinions are mine alone.
This tasty and refreshing fruit salad is the perfect addition to your Easter Brunch Table. Fresh and canned fruits combined with cream cheese and yogurt dressing sweetened with natural honey, and flavored with warm spices and vanilla paste is a wonderful way to add some healthier sweets to your diet.
It is also the perfect start to our Spring Sweets Week event.......
Spring is finally here and the sun is shining and we are celebrating the beginning of spring with plenty of spring sweets and a fun giveaway! This year 17 food bloggers from around the country are sharing over 50 sweet recipes that are perfect for spring. So get ready to enjoy amazing spring treats like cupcakes, ice cream, pies, cakes, and more!
Thank you to our #SpringSweetsWeek sponsors who are helping us give away some great prizes. We have an incredible giveaway with three amazing prizes and we would love it if you would take a moment to read about it and the prizes that you can win!
Prize #1: A Tropical and Exotic Fruit Gift Basket from Melissa's Produce.
One winner will enjoy an abundance of fruit with Melissa’s! This stunning assortment is arranged in a woven basket with cellophane wrapping and colorful ribbon. Fruit may include (depending on seasonal availability): Asian Pear, Baby Pineapple, Blood Orange, Cherimoya, Feijoas, Kiwis, Kumquats, Lychees, Mango, Papaya, Passion Fruit, Persimmons, Pomegranate, Rambutans, Specialty Bananas, Starfruit and Tamarillos.
Prize #2: A collection of Selefina Spices.
One winner will enjoy a collection of spices from Selefina Spices including: Cinnasational Spice Blend, crystalized ginger, lemon peel, Matcha food grade powder, Purple sweet potato powder, and Ground Cardamom Seeds. Selefina Spices sells an assortment of spices gathered using dedication and care with which we’ve curated their online tea collection. With our decades of experience sourcing products and establishing global connections their mission is to be able to bring you fresher, higher-quality spices and seasonings at lower prices.
Prize #3: A selection of 3 extract pastes from Taylor and Colledge.
One winner will receive a selection of extract pastes to include almond, organic vanilla bean, and lavender. In 1897, Taylor & Colledge won its first award for excellence in vanilla. Since then, the Taylor & Colledge commitment for unsurpassed quality has earned its reputation as one of the world’s finest producers of vanilla.
Thank you to Melissa's Produce, Taylor and Colledge, and Selefina Spices for your generosity and support. Make sure you scroll down past my recipe to the raffle so that you can enter to win one of these great packages!!
Imagine my delight in opening my sponsor gifts and finding these adorable little Crimson Gold Apples and Meyer Lemons from Melissa's Produce, Vanilla Bean Paste from Taylor & Colledge, and Cinnasational Spice Blend from Selafina. I immediately knew I wanted to make this fruit salad that often turns up on our Holiday Brunch Buffets.
I cored and quartered those delicious little Crimson Gold Apples and tossed them with some juice from a Meyer Lemon to keep them from browning. Then I creamed together some cream cheese with yogurt, this amazing cinnasational spice blend, and some honey.
I was very happy to be able to use gifts from all of our sponsors for the first recipe that I am sharing for this event. I was gifted these products but often turn to these brands when I am buying spices, flavorings, and produce, knowing that I will get quality products for a reasonable price.
I had never heard of Crimson Gold Apples before receiving them as a sponsor gift. They are small, sweet, and scrumptious. They were perfect in this salad but if you cannot find them any sweet eating apple will work.
This salad can be made ahead of time and refrigerated until you are ready to serve it. Any leftovers are great to use in a smoothie for breakfast the following day. It is perfect as a side dish, as dessert over pound cake or as a light dessert all by itself.
Let's take a look at the other Spring Sweets being shared today.....
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salad, fruit, cream cheese, yogurt
salads, desserts
American
Yield: 12 servings
Author: Wendy Klik
Fruit Salad with Cream Cheese Dressing
This tasty and refreshing fruit salad is the perfect addition to your Easter Brunch Table. Fresh and canned fruits combined with cream cheese and yogurt dressing sweetened with natural honey is a wonderful way to add some healthier sweets to your diet.
Prep time: 10 MinTotal time: 10 Min
Ingredients
1 1/2 lbs Crimson Gold Apples, cored and quartered (or apples of choice)
1 c. green seedless grapes, halved
1 c. red seedless grapes, halved
1 can (20 oz) pineapple chunks, drained
1 can (12 oz) mandarin orange sections, drained
juice of half a lemon (I used Meyer seedless lemon)
3 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
1 c. low-fat plain yogurt
1/2 c. honey
1/4 t. cinnasational spice blend or cinnamon
Instructions
Place the apples into a large bowl. Add the lemon juice and toss to coat.
Add the grapes, pineapple, and mandarins to the bowl.
Place the cream cheese, yogurt, cinnamon, and honey into a food processor and puree until smooth.
Pour over the fruit and toss to coat. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.
Thank you #SpringSweetsWeek Sponsors: Selefina Spices, Melissa’s Produce, and Taylor and Colledge for providing the prizes free of charge. These companies also provided the bloggers with samples and product to use for #SpringSweetsWeek recipes. All opinions are my own. The giveaway is open to residents of the United States who are 18 years of age or older. All entries for the winner will be checked and verified. By entering you give the right to use your name and likeness. The number of entries received determines the odds of winning. Three (3) winners will be selected. The prize packages will be sent directly from the giveaway sponsors. The #SpringSweetsWeek Bloggers are not responsible for the fulfillment or delivery of the prize packages. Bloggers hosting this giveaway and their immediate family members in their household cannot enter or win the giveaway. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, X or any other social channel mentioned in the #SpringSweetsWeek posts or entry.
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This looks like a great way to serve fruit at the holidays
ReplyDeleteIt is Heather and also great for outdoor potlucks come summertime.
DeleteWhat a great use for those adorable little Crimson Golds! Been too long since I've made a fruit salad, need to get on that.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great way to get your family to eat the required servings each day Jolene.
DeletePerfect for using all of the bounty from Melissa's. It will definitely be on my Easter table.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy Karen.
DeleteI could eat a fruit bowl at least once a day, happily. Yours is such a lively combo!
ReplyDeleteThank you Dorothy.
DeleteSo many of my favorite fruits in this delicious salad!
ReplyDeleteThe beauty is you can add or delete any fruits you want.
DeleteI love fruit salads because of the versatility!
ReplyDeleteYes, you can be as creative as you wish.
DeleteFruit salad is such a timeless dessert. And always customizable.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Chris.
DeletePerfect for summer picnics and potlucks too!
ReplyDeleteIt sure is Inger.
DeleteI love fruit salad and this one with yogurt, vanilla, and spices sounds the best!
ReplyDeleteThank you Radha.
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