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What to Do With Leftover Fruit Salad

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from the kitchen of: Audrey Dunham
August 24, 2016

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Save that week old leftover fruit salad from the compost bin with this easy fruit salad saving trick!

Fruit salad in a bowl

Fruit salads are delicious side dishes at parties and family get-togethers, but unfortunately, they quickly lose that fresh appearance and taste within a day or two of being assembled. In fact, I used to feel a need to have my old leftover fruit salad along with my breakfast, lunch and dinner just to make sure it didn’t go to waste!

Until one day it dawned on me that it didn’t need to be this way; it is possible to keep enjoying that fruit salad long after its creation date. How is this….? I’ll tell you: Freezing. If you use frozen fruit for smoothies or for putting in desserts, then do yourself a big favor and freeze that leftover fruit salad. After I figured out this handy-dandy trick, not one piece of fruit salad ever goes to waste in our house.

What fruit goes well together for fruit salad?

  • One of my favorite combinations is the one you see here – blueberries, pineapple, apple, and strawberries. But I love getting creative! Mangoes, peaches, watermelon, orange slices, kiwi…   they’re all wonderful in fruit salad.

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How to Save Your Leftover Fruit Salad:

1. Line a baking sheet with plain ol’ plastic wrap. Or, if you have a very reliable non-stick baking sheet, that will do on it’s own.

2. Spoon out your fruit salad onto the sheet in a single layer with the goal of leaving a little bit of space between each piece of fruit, all while leaving the majority of the juices behind.
Fruit salad spread out on a baking sheet and plastic wrap 3. Next, place that sheet in your freezer and allow the fruit to freeze overnight.
Fruit salad on a baking sheet in the freezer 4. The next day, peel all of the frozen fruit off from the sheet, (it should come loose pretty easily) and place in a re-sealable plastic bag or airtight storage container.
Fruit salad in a resealable bag

5. Squeeze as much excess air out of the bag as possible, seal it up, and then place that bag o’ fruit near the other frozen produce in your freezer so that they can all make friends.
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So, you may be wondering: “What if I skip steps 1-3 above and just pile all of my fruit into a re-sealable bag, put it in the freezer and call it a day?” Well, you certainly can do that, but you’ll end up with this:

Frozen fruit salad in a bag without spreading it on a baking sheet

Yep; one giant fruit salad ice cube.

Taking the few extra minutes to lay the fruit out on a sheet and then freeze overnight means you’ll have individually frozen pieces of fruit in the morning – a much better way to go!

I love using frozen leftover fruit salad in my smoothies and shakes because the variety of fruit makes for some serious deliciousness.

Try it out and let me know what you think in the comments below!

 

 

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Hi there, my name is Audrey Dunham. I'm a vegan recipe creator, the founder of Autumn Sons Baking Co., Peanut’s Bake Shop, and I'm totally food obsessed. I'm also the wife of Jeff Dunham, mama to twin boys, and (step) Mama to three grown girls. I'm here to help make vegan eating as easy, approachable and DELICIOUS as possible.

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