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Strawberry Salad Recipe


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Strawberry Salad Recipe:

This is a sweet and creamy tasting fruit salad. Blending fresh juicy strawberries with the tropical taste of mango and the smoothness of cream cheese all in one easy fruit salad. It’s great as a light meal, a healthy fruit snack or the perfect fruit dessert.

See the menu planner for quick meal ideas for this strawberry salad recipe.


2-3 servings


You will need 4 ingredients:

- Strawberries
- Mango (fresh or frozen)
- Grapes (red or green)
- Cream Cheese





Make Ahead for this Salad:

- If using frozen mango - thaw


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Ingredients

fresh strawberries – 2 cups (washed and dried)
cut into medium sized pieces

mango (fresh or
* frozen) – 2 cups cut into medium sized pieces

*Quick Tip:
(frozen mango is quick and just as good
and already cut into chunks)


grapes (red or green) – 2 cups (washed and dried)
cut each grape in half

cream cheese (low fat if you prefer) –
4 oz block cut into cubes
(make sure the cream cheese is cold so
cutting and preparation will work best)

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In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients and toss gently. You don’t want to break up the cream cheese.

This fruit salad can be served in a variety of ways. See the suggestions below in the menu planner for some easy ideas.



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Quick Meals - Menu Planner:

** Serve strawberry salad on a bed of fresh lettuce greens with a dusting of grated cinnamon.

** For a fun light lunch idea, serve this simple fruit salad in either honeydew or cantaloupe melon halves along with pita pockets cut into wedges with melted cheese on top.

** For a great dessert serve strawberry salad recipe in parfait glasses with cinnamon graham crackers on the side.

** Another dessert idea, serve this quick fruit salad in clear bowls, drizzled with an all natural chocolate sauce and shaved white chocolate on top.

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If you are not partial to the fruits suggested try these ingredient exchanges for a change of taste.

Ingredient Exchanges:

*Instead of Mango: Try papaya, banana or kiwi – 2 cups cut into bite size pieces

*Instead of Grapes: Try apples, pears or cherries – 2 cups (cut apples and pears into bite size pieces, cut cherries in half)

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