Our honey pineapple fruit salad is the perfect summer salad to try! Served in a fresh pineapple bowl, this tropical salad is festive and delicious.
You will love our pineapple fruit bowl
Summertime is just around the corner, which means it’s time to take advantage of the longer days, warmer nights, and fresh food with friends and family for lots of fun! I definitely plan to entertain guests this summer, hang out poolside and enjoy plenty of days at the beach.
When hosting a summer soiree, it is important to fill your guests with the best feelings as soon as they enter your home to make them feel welcome, and that includes the food you serve. This pineapple mint salad with fresh fruit is perfect for doing just that!
Make a healthy, fresh summer fruit salad
In the spirit of warmer weather, I was inspired to create a delicious tropical summer menu. With fresh berries, mint, and of course, pineapple, this honey, and pineapple mint salad is the perfect dish to serve in a pineapple fruit boat!
Learn how to make a pineapple fruit bowl
Fresh, whole pineapples are perfect for a number of reasons, but the best way to use them is as the presentation for your food and drinks. Serve this refreshing honey pineapple fruit salad at your next get-together. It’s the perfect cool treat on a hot summer day!
Honey pineapple fruit salad – served in a pineapple bowl!
Ingredients:
- Whole fresh pineapple
- Blueberries
- Strawberries
- Mandarin oranges
- Honey
- Fresh mint
How to make a pineapple bowl
To make your fruit salad in a pineapple boat, first, you’ll have to cut and hollow out the pineapple. Slice it down the middle vertically so that you have two halves from top to bottom as pictured below.
How to hollow out a pineapple half
Next, take one of the pineapple halves and carefully cut the fruit out of the middle, without puncturing the bottom or the sides of the pineapple. We did this by cutting a vertical line down the middle of the pineapple, and another horizontal line across the middle (looks like a plus sign).
Carefully cut around the outside shape of the pineapple, ensuring you are not getting too close to the edge. Once you cut the pineapple in half, you’ll find a decent amount of pineapple juice inside, DON’T DISCARD IT!
Prepare the tropical pineapple salad
Then, in a large mixing bowl, mix honey, mint, and the leftover juice and set aside. Now, cut up the other half of the pineapple, mango, and strawberries into small pieces and mix them into the honey mint mixture, along with the remainder of your fruit. Toss until coated.
Fill the pineapple bowl with honey mint fruit salad
Finally, scoop the fruit salad mixture into the hollow pineapple, and voila! You have a delicious, presentable summer pineapple fruit salad! I really like how this turned out, it tastes great and my kids were all over it.
My favorite part is the presentation. You could also serve this fruit salad on top of a bed of banana leaves and use the smaller pineapples to hold your beverages. Add a little colorful umbrella and you’re all set for summer!
Tropical Pineapple Fruit Salad Recipe with Mint
Ingredients
- 1 whole fresh pineapple
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup halved strawberries
- 1 cup mandarin oranges
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/8 cup fresh mint chopped
Instructions
- Cut and hollow out the pineapple. Slice it down the middle vertically, so that you have two halves from top to bottom.
- Next, take one of the pineapple halves and carefully cut the fruit out of the middle, without puncturing the bottom or the sides of the pineapple.
- Carefully cut around the outside shape of the pineapple, ensuring you are not getting too close to the edge. Once you cut the pineapple in half, you’ll find a decent amount of pineapple juice inside. Save it.
- Then, in a large mixing bowl, mix honey, mint, and the leftover pineapple juice and set aside.
- Cut up the other half of the pineapple, mango, and strawberries into small pieces and mix them into the honey mint mixture, along with the remainder of your fruit. Toss until coated.
- Lastly, transfer the fruit salad mixture from the mixing bowl into the hollowed-out pineapple half and serve.
Enjoy this easy summer fruit salad
When it comes to summer foods, this honey pineapple fruit salad with mint is still one of our favorites. We love a fresh, healthy recipe and this one is it! We hope to be able to use our pineapple fruit boat for other recipes as well.
If you like this summer recipe, try cooling off with our homemade tropical frozen yogurt popsicles. They use dried summer fruits, including pineapple, and really hit the spot!
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I love pineapple and this is a wonderful recipe. I am going to have to try to make this.
We always love going to the beach. Thank you
crafts ideas with my children for the summer
We love to make huge fresh fruit dishes for the summer.
Tropical summer ideas is to have lots of fresh fruits on hand at all times, this way the kiddo isn’t grabbing for junk foods.
We always have big party for friends and family on the first day of summer. We have tiki torches and pineapple drinks along with grilling kabobs with tropical fruits instead of meat or chicken.
Fruit salads are a good idea ..also I am keeping alot of ice on hand
We like to serve sangria made with the freshest fruits
I love pool parties.
I visited the Glade site and a tropical summer idea I have for entertaining are to try some new tropical drinks made with fresh farmers’ market produce like coconut, pineapple, and watermelon.
We like to serve sangria made with the freshest fruits we can find at the farmers market.
We are planning a backyard summer luau party with friends and family this summer.
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We love to do fruit kabobs
i like the summer crafts!
We have a big hawaiin luau on our back deck by the pool!
My tropical summer idea is a beach themed bbq/party!
a big fruit salad like yours.
bake cookies with my children ideas for the summer!
Your fruit salad looks delicious. Our summer get togethers always Include fresh fruit. We like to do cut out shapes and make fruit kabobs with a fruit dip.
We have everyone at our house for a cookout on the 4th of July we make a cake like the flag with
strawberries and blueberries. We make a big fruit salad with all kinds of fruits. We like to have fresh fruit and veggies all summer the veggies come from our garden.
one idea of entertainment this summer doing crafts with my kids to learn and have fun.