Fruit salad recipes pls

[TerenceToo]

I know that this is a stupid question but what do you put in a fruit salad? I don't want to spend loads on fruit and must last a couple of days in the fridge. So any fool proof recipes will be greatly received.

Bircher muesli/overnight oats would definitely make a better breakfast. Just soak the oats in milk (or a milk substitute, almond or coconut milk are delicious) overnight to soften, then you can add whatever you fancy in the morning - yoghurt, grated apple, fresh or frozen fruit, nuts, spices. Cherry and almond milk is a good combination.

Fruit salad doesn't keep as well as fresh fruit so it is better to make it just before you eat it. Cutting the fruit speeds up decomposition and some loss of vitamins, particularly antioxidants, C, A and E. Frozen fruit doesn't always look pretty but freezing preserves the vitamins so it can be better than fresh.

Berries, cherries, nectarines and peaches are in season and at their best at the moment. One of my favourite combinations (although it is a bit more autumnal) is figs, blackberries, black grapes, pomegranate and coconut, sometimes I add rosewater but maybe not for breakfast. Peaches with a raspberry coulis (a word rarely heard this century ) is a good "tinned" option out of season, if you are on a budget.

The "eat a rainbow" advice for fruit and veg is a good principle. Different coloured fruit tend to have different nutrients.

I'm rather keen on an apple and mint salad for breakfast at the moment. I just core and slice a couple of granny smiths, toss in a mixture of lemon and orange juices, then stir in lots of chopped fresh mint. I'll have a little dish of Greek-ish yoghurt too.

Another idea - watermelon slices actually keep pretty well. Great with yogurt and mint and chilli flakes. Alternatively with Parma ham! Or with feta and black olives in you do it for lunch.

Sorry I know this isn't what you asked for but you never know, you might like it.

I buy a big tin of yellow grapefruit and a tin of ruby red, mix together in a large bowl and keep it in the fridge. Serve up using a slotted spoon and pop any type of yogurt on top (today's was Ski Smooth). Delicious and really wakes you up. I leave the juice in the bowl but as the amount of actual fruit gets lower, I siphon off the juice as a drink, always leaving enough to cover the fruit.
Fruit from the shelf has come on a lot in recent years. I don't much like soft berries still though. But peaches, pears, grapefruit, mandarins are great, either tinned or in cartons. With yogurt for breakfast or a 10-cal jelly for lunch. Great for finger food but remember to cut it up well. And make sure you don't pick up the syrup ones by mistake.
Even if not the best for losing weight, they still count in other useful ways.

And on the days when it's really really needed, the ambrosia tinned custard and rice pudding and squirty cream are on the same aisle.

I'd just chop it fresh every morning,
DH usually has strawberries, banana, and greek yoghurt for breakfast.
I like apples, grapes, strawberries, and raspberries.

If you do the overnight oats using unsweetened apple juice instead of milk or milk substitutes it will last for a couple of days in the fridge sealed in a Tupperware type box.

If you are planning to use the fruit salad to have on yogurt then I would just have fresh raspberries or sliced strawberries . Just as they are. Nothing better at the moment, support British farmers!

Chop a load of fruit (whatever you like) into a bowl and cover with freshly squeezed orange juice and copious amounts of Cointreau. The alcohol preserves it.
Maybe not one for the baby tho

@hippohector the baby is teething... Perhaps some for him after all?

Fruit is chopped. Out of date oats are doused with yogurt. Hoping for a successful weight loss. I appreciate no one really cares but I weighed myself tonight. Not as bad as I thought so feeling optimistic already. Will double check at MILs though just in case I have dodgy scales.