Fast Fiesta Fruit Salad

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Are you looking for a quick side dish that your kids will eat AND pairs well with any Mexican dish?

In less than 10 minutes you can plan to have a delicious and beautiful fruit salad that goes well with not only tacos, but any meal you see fit! 

5 Reasons why this recipe is super easy, delicious, and SO very beautiful!

1. 10 minute prep and it’s ready to go!
2. Only 6 ingredients
3. Make a day ahead or the day of and it’s still delicious!
4. The colors are absolutely stunning!
5. The hint of lime gives this dish a sweet kick!

The Cast of Characters…

• 20 oz can pineapple chunks
• 10 oz jar maraschino cherries, or more to your taste!
• 1 lb green grapes (use as many as you would like for the amount of people you are serving!)
• 15 oz can mandarin oranges
• Juice of 1 lime & lime zest to taste
• 2 Tbsp honey

Instructions

1. In a colander, rinse and pat dry pineapple, cherries, and grapes.
2. Combine first 3 fruits in a serving bowl (the oranges easily fall apart, so save those to mix in until the end!)
3. In a separate dish, mix honey and the juice of one lime 
4. Mix until the honey is completely dissolved in the lime juice
5. Add the mandarin oranges to the first three fruits (the oranges fall apart easily, so gently stir in with other fruits)
6. Pour the lime syrup over the fruit
7. Gently mix to combine
8. If you like lots of syrup with your fruit, keep as is…if you don’t like the fruit floating in syrup, drain out excess syrup in a colander
9. Zest half of a lime over the fruit salad before serving
10. Enjoy!