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Favorite reipe for Ambrosia Salad

12 years ago

I have tasted so many different ones, and liked them all... but which is your favorite??? I have a yen to make some.

Thanks
Carolyn

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ont_gal
12 years ago
This is one I have done,and like very much

Sarah's Ambrosia Fruit Salad

3 (20 ounce) cans pineapple tidbits, drained
4 (15 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, drained
1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
1 (10.5 ounce) package miniature marshmallows
3/4 cup shredded coconut, or to taste

****I think I will try mixing 1/2 cream cheese whipped and 1/2 of the sour cream amount.

Mix pineapple, oranges, sour cream, marshmallows, and coconut together in a bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until flavors blend, 2 hours to overnight.
Georgysmom
12 years ago
Now you have me hankering for it!

Ambrosia

1 20 oz can pineapple chunks, drained
1 11 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained
1 large banana, sliced
1 1/2 C. seedless grapes
1 C. mini marshmallows
1 C. flaked coconut
1/2 C. pecan halves or coarsely chopped nuts

1 C. sour cream and 1 T. brown sugar combined.

Put first 7 ingredients in bowl and combine thoroughly with sour cream mixture.
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marilyn_c
12 years ago
This is a fruit salad that I make that I call Tropical Fruit Salad.
I use pineapple chunks...prefer to buy fresh, but canned are okay too. Bananas, orange segments...I don't like mandarin oranges...although they would work fine. They just sort of give me the creeps, so I peel fresh oranges and cut the segments out, pecans or walnuts, miniature marshmallows....if you like,
a few marachino cherries, coconnut, and the thing I think makes it really good, I pour in a little Coco Lopez, which is something you can find on the aisle with mixers or at a liquor store. I like it in the bottle that you can just squirt in how much you like, but it also comes in a can.

I make another fruit salad very similar to above, but leave out the Coco Lopez and add apples, grapes or any other fruit.
Alice_sj
12 years ago
I'm not sure that I've ever had ambrosia, but I want to try these recipes! :)
glenda_al
12 years ago
This one used to always be on our holiday menu

Fresh grapefruit and orange sections
Fresly grated coconut
canned crushed pineapple
add these right before serving: jar of maraschino cherries, drained and cut in halves, optional

I prefer NOT to have the cherries

This post was edited by glenda_al on Sun, May 25, 14 at 17:38
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12 years ago
Thank you..... they all sound delish
sylviatexas1
12 years ago
My Aunt Bea was famous, *famous* I tell you, for her Ambrosia!

She used the pineapple, oranges, bananas, marischino (sp?) cherries, & maybe walnuts, with mini marshmallows & coconut, as many of your recipes call for, & I think she used Cool Whip instead of sour cream, etc.

It was sheer bliss.
PattiG(rose)
12 years ago
My sister makes this Ambrosia Salad...very good.
I 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (can use reduced fat or fat free)
1 cup sour cream (can use reduced fat or fat free)
1/2 cup lime juice
1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, drained
1 1/2 cups grapes, halved
1 medium banana, sliced (optional)
1 cup miniature marshmallow
1/2 cup maraschino cherry, halved, well-drained & patted dry

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, sour cream & lime juice; mix well. Stir in the remaining ingredients (except cherries); cover & chill at least 3 hours or overnight. To prevent cherries from "bleeding", fold them gently into the salad just before serving.

This post was edited by rose on Sun, May 25, 14 at 22:30

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