6+ ways to use tinned Fruit Salad

by | Jan 13, 2013 | Food, Recipe, Tips/Hints | 7 comments

 

I often have tinned fruit in the pantry, in particular tinned fruit salad. There are so many things you can make with it. The obvious one is to serve chilled with ice cream.

Here’s some other ideas.

  • serve with or set in jelly or custard
  • trifle
  • cheesecake
  • fill individual meringue shells or a large pavlova with whipped cream and top with strained fruit salad
  • layer in tall glasses with cream for dessert or Greek yoghurt and topped

    with granola for breakfast

  • puree or leave chunky and freeze in ice block moulds
  • make fruit smoothies
  • fill crepes or chop fruit slightly and add to pancake batter
  • add to muffins
  • put in a serving dish top with crumble (crisp) mix or cake batter and bake

 

 

Fruit Salad Cake (I made this with a chocolate cake mix)

 

 
 
Glazed fruit tart

 
 
 

 

7 Comments

  1. Applebypie
    Applebypie on January 13, 2013 at 2:30 pm

    Great ideas here – good idea to puree it too! Following via GFC.

  2. Trudie
    Trudie on January 13, 2013 at 8:23 pm

    What a wonderful new feature, I will be popping in with eagerness each week to see what you're "cooking up". You know you're always a life saver with great ideas and I will be paying even more attention over the coming months. We will be on the strictest and tightest food budget so I really need to come up with great money saving meals and snacks.

  3. Desire Empire
    Desire Empire on January 13, 2013 at 9:29 pm

    I've never bought that stuff. Love all your ideas with it.
    Carolyn

  4. Melissa Mitchell
    Melissa Mitchell on January 14, 2013 at 2:02 am

    I'd go with the yoghurt and muesli (my homemade, so it's got no nasties, no dried fruit and is raw) for breakfast. Actually I do happen to have a tin of fruit. It's not the coctail one, but it's a two fruits. I might make a fruit crumble and then use some left over for breakfast tomorrow morning.

  5. Tonia L
    Tonia L on January 14, 2013 at 3:15 pm

    Love these ideas! I am looking forward to you new series!

  7. Miz Helen
    Miz Helen on January 19, 2013 at 5:34 pm

    Hi Anne,
    Fruit Cocktail is one of my favorites, these all look great. Hope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing your awesome recipes with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen