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Tossed Fresh Fruit Salad with Orange Mayonnaise Dressing

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

Fruit salad

1 honeydew melon
1 pineapple
1 pint strawberries
2 oranges
1/2 head iceberg lettuce
1 head romaine

Orange Mayonnaise Dressing

1/3 cup light corn syrup
3/4 cup real mayonnaise
1/4 cup orange juice
1/8 teaspoon grated onion

Preparation

  1. For salad:

    Step 1

    Cut melon in half, remove seeds, and scoop flesh into balls with ball cutter or teaspoon; chill. Slice off pineapple top; cut pineapple into eighths lengthwise. Place rind side down on cutting board. Cut meat from rind with sharp knife, following curve of fruit. Remove any remaining eyes with point of knife; cut off core. Cube and chill pineapple. Wash, hull and chill strawberries. Pare oranges with sharp knife, cutting completely through white portion; remove sections one at a time cutting down along one side of section and gently lifting other side away from membrane with knife; chill. Wash greens; crisp in refrigerator.

  2. Meanwhile, make dressing:

    Step 2

    Gradually stir corn syrup into mayonnaise. Mix in orange juice and onion. Makes 1 1/4 cups.

  3. To serve:

    Step 3

    Just before serving, tear greens into bite-size pieces in salad bowl. Add fruit; toss with dressing.

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