Ambrosia Salad

By Rexanne

I always make Ambrosia salad with our Thanksgiving feast. It’s the perfect fresh, clean and cold side to compliment the heavy food and it adds wonderful color to your table.

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Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Ingredients

Ingredients:

4 large crisp apples
4 large firm but ripe Bartlet pears
4 large just-ripe bananas not too many brown spots
2 cups fresh blueberries
1 large can Mandarin Oranges drained of all juice
1 large can of pineapple chunks drained of all juice
1 small container of Cool Whip or 3 cups whipped heavy cream. more or less to taste

Instructions

Instructions:

Peel and cut apples and pears into bite-size pieces
Add blueberries
Drain Mandarin oranges and pineapple chunks and add to the fresh fruit.
Refrigerate until serving time, then add cut bananas (bite-size) and mix in cool whip to coat evenly. You can substitute the Cool Whip with whipped heavy cream. I find it easiest to use Cool Whip and let the nasty chemicals fall where they may.
Serve immediately.

Notes

*Recipe can be reduced by half to serve less people. Replace large cans with small cans of Mandarin oranges and pineapple and reduce Cool Whip by half.