Recipes:
## **Tropical Fruit Salad**
*Serves 6*
### **Ingredients**
* 2 bananas
* 2 cups fresh pineapple chunks **or** 1 (20-ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
* 1 (10-ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
* 2 cups chopped Granny Smith apples (about 2 medium apples)
* 1 cup sliced strawberries
* ½ cup thawed frozen limeade concentrate
* ½ cup honey
* ¼ cup vegetable oil
* 1 teaspoon poppy seeds **or** papaya seeds
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### **Make Ahead**
Prepare the salad up to **2 hours ahead**.
Divide among **6 dessert glasses**.
Cover with plastic wrap and chill until ready to serve.
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### **Directions**
1. **Prepare fruit.**
Slice bananas.
Combine pineapple, mandarin oranges, apples, bananas, and strawberries in a large bowl; mix gently.
Tightly cover; refrigerate.
2. **Make dressing.**
Combine limeade, honey, and oil in a small bowl; whisk until well blended.
3. **Finish dressing.**
Stir poppy seeds into limeade mixture.
Pour over fruit salad.
4. **Serve.**
Gently mix fruit salad.
Spoon into individual dessert glasses.
Serve immediately.
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### **Variation**
For added crunch, add **½ cup slivered almonds** to the fruit salad just before serving.
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### Make It Quicker
* Speed up the chilling time in Step 1 by storing canned fruit in the refrigerator instead of the cupboard.
* A round apple corer-slicer will remove the core and cut an apple into wedges with just one swift motion — a real time-saver!
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