Pretty in Pink Fruit Salad
2 sliced bananas
Sliced strawberries (Make them resemble
hearts)
1 cup raspberries
1 cup red grapes
1 jar of maraschino cherries, drained
1 3 oz. box of instant vanilla pudding
mix
2 cups whipped topping
1 cup of marshmallows
Drain your cherries reserving the syrup
and set aside.
Put your cherry
juice (should be about ½ cup) in a 2 cup measuring cup and fill the rest of the
cup with milk (about 1 ½ cup) making 2 cups of liquid to complete the pudding.
Your cherry juice will turn your pudding pink and replaces the milk required in
the directions on the box. Let sit until the pudding becomes thick.
Fold whipped
cream into the pudding.
Clean your
fruit and dry. Slice your cherries and grapes in half. Slice your strawberries in slices and cut a small dent in the top to make it look like a heart. Set a few of the banana slices, heart shaped strawberries and
cherries aside for presentation. Fold the rest of the fruits into the pudding
mixture.
Add miniature
marshmallows.
Keep chilled in
the refrigerator until you serve.
It makes a
beautiful Valentines idea for your sweetie(s) dinner.
Variations:
Add walnuts or
pecans for crunch. You could also add
coconut to the salad for another flavor and texture.
Freeze it in a lined
loaf pan and have as a frozen dessert. Slice it and serve with a dollop of
whipped cream on the top. Sprinkle with
nuts and put a cherry on top.
Take it over
the top by drizzling chocolate syrup on the top.
For the 4th
of July, make it a red, white and blue salad by just blueberries. Use milk for
your pudding so the pudding stays white.
I love tapioca
pudding. It would add another texture if
you like it. My sister hates it because
she says it looks like eyes looking at you.
You can buy premade tapioca pudding to save the cooking time.
Hope you and yours have a Valentine's Day full of love and blessing.
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