{"id":3602,"date":"2009-06-11T08:57:47","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T16:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=3602"},"modified":"2009-06-11T09:04:10","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T17:04:10","slug":"4-minute-fruit-salad-recipe-perfect-for-cookouts-potlucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2009\/06\/11\/4-minute-fruit-salad-recipe-perfect-for-cookouts-potlucks\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Minute Fruit Salad Recipe &#8211; Perfect for cookouts &#038; potlucks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great news!\u00c2\u00a0 Fruit salad is probably the easiest and simplest thing you will ever make.\u00c2\u00a0 It can be anything from a couple cans of fruit or leftover fresh berries to an overwhelmingly awesome taste sensation with so many wonderful seasonal selections.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The best part &#8211; you can pick the fruits you enjoy, use the season to guide you, size the dish to your party and with a dollop of Cool Whip, vanilla yogurt or ice cream, you have an easy summer dessert as well!<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;m not even going to mention that fruit salad is healthy because I don&#8217;t want to give it a bad reputation!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a title=\"amymac 4 minute fruit salad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3604\" style=\"border: 3px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"fruit-salad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/fruit-salad.png\" alt=\"fruit-salad\" width=\"180\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AmyMac&#8217;s Fruit Salad for 4 in 4 minutes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">1 large can of each: Pineapple, peaches, mandarin oranges<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Small containers: strawberries, blueberries<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AND&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>my secret weapon&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nA handful of maraschino cherries quartered and sprinkled into the salad.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><br \/>\nMake sure everything is cut to bite-size.<br \/>\nDrain the liquid from the cans.<br \/>\nMix everything into bowl.<br \/>\nChill.<br \/>\nEnjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredient Options: (these vary on party size so you can add or subtract to your taste and need)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Canned Fruits (in their own juices):<\/strong><br \/>\nPineapple (chunks or tidbits)<br \/>\nPeaches (slices)<br \/>\nMandarin Oranges<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fresh Fruits:<\/strong><br \/>\nStrawberries<br \/>\nBlueberries<br \/>\nRaspberries<br \/>\nBlackberries<br \/>\nKiwi<br \/>\nGrapes<br \/>\nCantaloupe<br \/>\nWatermelon<br \/>\nApples &#8211; (I think these are too crunch for the salad but lots of people like it.\u00c2\u00a0 They brown quickly so use some lemon juice or add them at the end.)<br \/>\nBananas &#8211; (I also don&#8217;t use these unless I add them at the end because they usually brown and end up soggy.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Martha Stewart Finishing Touch:<\/strong><br \/>\nAdding a sprig of mint is so easy and really does finish the dish, which is great when you are entertaining!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great news!\u00c2\u00a0 Fruit salad is probably the easiest and simplest thing you will ever make.\u00c2\u00a0 It can be anything from a couple cans of fruit or leftover fresh berries to an overwhelmingly awesome taste sensation with so many wonderful seasonal selections.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The best part &#8211; you can pick the fruits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,276,281,277,283,23,223,272,273,275,98,106,111,278,280,286,284,282,274,117,279,285,21],"class_list":["post-3602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amy-mac","tag-easy-fruit-salad","tag-easy-healthy-recipes","tag-easy-potluck-dish","tag-farmers-market-recipe","tag-fit-life","tag-free-fitness-tips","tag-fruit","tag-fruit-salad","tag-fruit-salad-recipe","tag-health-tips","tag-healthy","tag-healthy-dessert","tag-healthy-eating-recipe","tag-healthy-side-dishes","tag-leftover-fruit-recipe","tag-low-calorie-recipe","tag-martha-stewart","tag-recipe","tag-summer-desserts","tag-summer-salads","tag-wasted-food","tag-withamymac"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}