This EASY Paleo fruit salad is gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, egg-free, and so simple. It just has a few added ingredients that take a regular fruit salad from good to WOW without a lot of work and no added refined sugar. You are going to want to bring this to all the summer BBQs and picnics and it’s also lovely enough for a baby shower.
Which Fruit to Use in This Paleo Fruit Salad
This recipe is super flexible. I buy whatever fruit is most affordable, which is, in my area, most often: pineapple, grapes, strawberries, and sometimes blueberries. I also will make the fruit salad stretch by adding in one finely chopped apple, as those are usually cheap and add a nice crunch.
Feel free to use whatever fruit is on sale or you have to use up!
Keep in mind, this recipe only makes 4 cups. I usually double this recipe to make 8 cups for my large family (pictured).
What is Fruit Juice Concentrate?
For the frozen fruit juice concentrate, you find this in the freezer section and look for one that is 100% juice to avoid added refined sugars or syrups. It is more concentrated sweetness and flavor. You will not get the same flavorful results with just juice!
My favorite is to use Old Orchard Apple Raspberry juice concentrate (above) that I find at Winco, or another juice that has berry in it for a more full flavor. But, just grape juice concentrate works.
Paleo Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 1 pound strawberries chopped; fruit is flexible - see notes!
- 1/2 medium pineapple chopped
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 large apple chopped
- 1/2 medium lemon zest only
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons frozen apple juice concentrate thawed; see notes
Instructions
- Combine all of chopped fruit in a large bowl. Zest half of the lemon on top.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the honey and thawed juice concentrate.
- Pour honey and juice mixture on top of fruit just prior to serving. Stir well to combine and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Wow! I saw Autumn post about this the other day and decided to try it out to use up some fruit in the fridge. The flavors on the glaze make this pop! I’ll definitely keep this in my back pocket—especially with summer around the corner!
It seems so simple but that glaze and lemon zest is everything! We had it last night when company came over and everyone loved it. Thanks for the review!
Do you think I could use maple syrup instead of honey? I have a baby under 1 who I would like to be able to give this to!
Great question. Yes, you probably could – it’s a similar sweetness and texture result. Let me know if you try it what you thought!
This salad really is quite good. Personally, I’m a proponent of straight fresh fruit, but know that non-clean eaters like the ‘flair’ of this dish over plain fruit. I used up a couple different kinds of fruit and had a base of strawberries and peaches. I think as Autumn stated, any fruit would go well in this. I suspect the ‘glaze’ pulls it all together. Highly recommend!
Thanks for the review Barb! I agree the glaze makes this an easy salad for all to enjoy. Thank you!