This fruit salad is yummy. So yummy in fact that every time I bring it to any event, someone inevitably licks the bowl clean after all the salad is polished off. *hah* That is a sign of a real winning recipe! This salad is summer at its best. Fresh berries, crisp grapes and sweet nectarine – all of summer’s best fruits. The lime and mint syrup makes this fruit salad irresistible! You can easily substitute peaches for the nectarines. And, I recommend adding in some honeydew melon chunks. They are always a nice touch. Feel free to add in any of your favourite summer fruits. If you add in watermelon, be sure to add it right before serving. I find it can become a bit soggy and water down the salad.
This recipe makes more syrup than is needed for one bowl of this salad, but it keeps well in the fridge. You’ll be able to whip up a second serving of this salad in no time. This salad is wonderful served on angel food cake and topped with fresh whipped cream. It’s also great over top coconut milk ice cream. Yum!
Hope you are all having a fantastic week. I’m thrilled, as today (Tuesday), is my Friday! I have the rest of the week off to enjoy the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. The Fringe Festival is like Christmas for me. I LOVE Fringe! It’s 10 days where the entire downtown area comes alive with live theatre and performances. I try to attend as many plays as possible each year and take in some of the free concerts in the Old Market Square. Thursday, my sister and I will be having our annual Fringe Festival lunch date where order falafel sandwiches, fresh lemonade and watch all of the extremely interesting people wandering the fest.
Happy Fringing to my local readers! Be sure to check out as many plays as possible! Let me know if you’ve seen any particularly good shows :)
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup of granulated sugar or 1/4 cup of agave syrup
- 1/4 cup of fresh mint leaves
- 2 tablespoons of lime juice (or lemon juice)
- 2 cups of seedless grapes, halved
- 2 nectarines, cut into 1 and 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 cup of sliced fresh strawberries
- 1 cup of fresh blueberries
- 1/2 cup of fresh raspberries
Method
1. Bring sugar and 1/2 cup of water to a gentle boil in a saucepan. Simmer for 2 minutes , remove from heat and stir in the mint and lemon juice. Steep for 15 minutes and strain out the mint.
2. Combine the grapes, nectarine, strawberries, raspberries and blueberries in a large bowl. Stir in the sugar/mint syrup. Cover and chill for 2 hours, or overnight.
Source: adapted from Vegetarian Times July 2009
That is a gorgeous bowl of salad! awesomeoness!
Thanks Richa! It is one delicious salad. And everyone always loves all of the colours :)
Looks good…good enought to eat …oh yeah…..with our hot days it is perfect….
This fruit salad is the best dessert salad to bring to a BBQ in the summer :) So refreshing!
Mojitos + Fruit = Awesome! This looks so wonderfully refreshing! Hope you are well, Courtney! :-)
The mint and lime make this fruit salad perfect for summer. I love it. It’s really yummy to bring for lunches too!
Court brought this salad to our book club meeting and it IS delicious! Interesting combination of flavours.
Awe, thanks Kerry :) So glad everyone enjoyed it!
My mom used to make a huge fruit salad during our summer vacations. I would go crazy…I love fruits so much. I will make your recipe when she comes for a visit. She loves mojitos! You always have great ideas, it looks delicious!!
I hope your mom loves the mojito fruit salad. Every time I bring it to a BBQ, everyone always takes seconds and thirds and fights over the last bit :)
i just loved the colors in this salad courtney. when i saw the post on fb i had decided to check it and today i am seeing the post. lovely and beautiful :-)
Awe, thank you Dassana! Using all of the pretty summer fruits make for a really beautiful colour salad. :)
Oh yum! I love fruit and mojitos…so the combination of the two? Yes please! The Fringe Festival sounds like so much fun! Enjoy it!
Fringe Fest has been so much fun! I’ve checked out 5 shows so far and have another 5 to attend in the next 2 days. I’m also attending a midnight cabaret on Saturday where a bunch of performers will be doing 5 minute skits in a pub. So much fun! I wish it was always Fringe! :)
oh man this sounds so good, i totally wish i had a bowl of this right now!
Definitely make this whenever you have an abundance of fruit kicking around. It’s so addictive! :)
I love the combination of mint with fresh fruit – I can see how this would be a hit at potlucks! I also like how you can eat this in different ways – on its own, with cake, with yogurt or ice cream…yum! Hope you’re enjoying Fringe…people-watching is my favourite festival activity too!
It’s so incredibly delicious on angel food cake. I bet it would be great topped with coconut whipped cream. Mmmm!
Fringe Fest has awesome people watching potential. It’s fun to guess if people are performers and just eccentric fringe goers :) *hehe*
That photo is absolutely stunning! This sounds so refreshing and just perfect for the 100 degree days we’ve been having here lately.
Awe, thank you! This is definitely something quick and simple to make + enjoy during hot summer days.
You had me at “mojito.” This looks so delicious!
*hehe* I’m glad someone else loves mojito flavours as much as me! :)
what an awesome bowl of salad! i love the addition of lime juice and mint. i will definitely have to give them a try!
Let me know what you think if you try this out. It’s really, really yummy and I highly recommend you make it for a nice summer picnic or BBQ. So refreshing!
my mouth is watering at this post! YUM!!
*hehe* I know hey!? I need to make more of this salad ASAP! *hehe*
Looks delicious! I will try it ASAP :)
Awe, thank you for stopping by The Fig Tree! Let me know what you think after you’ve made it :) I guarantee you’ll love the fruit salad. It’s so refreshing and flavourful :)
I love fruit salad and I love mojitos…this recipe is perfect for me! Shared on my Facebook page. Adding to my MMM Must-Make-Monday list.
I also love fringe festivals :)
Awe, thank you so much for the mention! :)
Do you attend a local Fringe fest? My goal is to check the one out in Edinburgh in the next year or two :)
I love mojito-anything but wouldn’t have thought of a mojito-flavoured fruit salad – it makes perfect sense though! Hope you’ve had a great week of fringing!
Beautiful Salad – a mojito in a bowl, sign me up!
Fringe Fest sounds amazing , Love your lunch date tradition with your Sis – awesome :)
Pretty picture :)
Saw this lovely picture on honestcooking.com and had to take a peek as I’m going to a barbecue this weekend and thought this would be nice to bring. I noticed that the grapes and raspberries specifically called for in the recipe are not in the picture. Just curious to know which is right — the recipe or the picture! I didn’t want to try it with the “mojito syrup” if those two fruits don’t go well with the syrup mix. I noticed the addition of melon and agree that would be lovely. Thanks!
Hey Cheryl :) The best combination of fruits is nectarines, red grapes, strawberries, kiwi and blueberries. Raspberries and honeydew melon are also nice in this. Any fruit works, but I specifically like these fruits in this salad. Hope this helps! :)
Perfect I’ll make this for a potluck this Friday :)