AMBROSIA SALAD, A Tropical Fruit Salad Perfect for the Holidays
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- Опубліковано 7 лис 2022
- AMBROSIA SALAD, A Tropical Fruit Salad Perfect for the Holidays
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My Mama called this 5 cup salad. She used crushed pineapple, Mondrian oranges, cherries, 1 cup of sweetened coconut, and sour cream. I love this salad.
I can’t wait to make this to bring to church gathering 😊
@@doringnaputi8901 it is so good. She fixed it for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
Kathy...that's the way my mom made it as well.
@@lolamclaughlin6560 gosh, I miss her. This salad was such a treat.
Grapes
I'm planning on making this for my folks for our Christmas family gathering. My mom made a variant of this where she added small nuts and raisins. She was well known for making thins and my folks devoured that stuff. She passed away about 12 years ago, and we would remember her making this for our gatherings. I want to bring this tradition back to my fam so we can all have it again while remembering her!
My mother in law taught me how to make her fruit 🥗 salad pineapple, fruit cocktail, cherries, oranges, coconut, sour cream, cool whip, walnuts and mini marshmallows! Delicious!!!
Grandma added grapes and apple chunks also. Yum.
If you add a box of pistachio pudding to your Cool Whip or heavy whipping cream, then add the Pineapple, pecans, coconut, and marshmallows, you will be amazed at how good this is. My husband said, "I don't like pistachios," and ate half this salad himself before I could get it into the fridge to chill.
Or even just vanilla pudding pack
@@joansmith6844 Or coconut cream pie filling and maybe some semi-melted orange sherbet. If you add the sherbet you will need to keep it in the freezer. Yum yum.
@@peterbilt-bo1vy yummm
That's called a Watergate salad, and my grandma called it green stuff salad 😊
I just call this ABSOLUTELY SCRUMPTIOUS. In any variation! Guess I will be making this in the next few days.❤❤❤ Yes indeed!!!❤❤❤
Grew up in Houston, Texas when Weingartens was a big grocery chain. Their deli had something similar. I could tell there was whipped cream but not sure about either mayonnaise or sour cream.
They said both, so here is my version I’ve adapted thru the years.
If you can’t make night before, CHILL canned fruits. (Pineapple, peaches, mandarin oranges and red and green cherries, depending on season. Christmas, I use both. This became holiday favorite so I made huge batches, usually 2-3 cans each fruit. It takes 1/3 mayonnaise, 1/3 sour cream and 2/3 whipped cream. Ratio: 1 part sour cream, 1 part mayonnaise, 2 parts whipped cream. Get unopened whipping cream carton super cold in freezer 15 minutes along with beaters before whipping.
FIRST THING: Whip cream and add package of colored, flavored marshmallows. 30 minutes they are expanded and fluffy.
NEXT, open and drain fruits. Cut cherries in half.
FOLD in mayonnaise and sour cream into whipped cream and marshmallows.
LAST add 2/3 cup chopped pecans and bag of shredded coconut.
Chill until ready to serve. I have also served this frozen in cupcake tins. Had at baby shower once and got idea.
Enjoy.
Linda
Ambrosia salad is great anytime of year and any occasion 😊 Yum!
This has been a holiday staple, Pineapple Mandarin oranges, fruit cocktail w/ cherries in lite syrup, the marschino cherries, coconut, bananas sliced, green grapes halfed, mini marshmallow, toasted pecans,, drain the canned fruit, and we used sour cream. We kept the juice and used it as a liquid in cake. We never used measurements for any of t he ingredients but this was how my Mom made it in the 1960's, I make it that way and have made it almost every holiday for over 50 years.
My great grandmother used to make this amazing salad. She did everything you have done but did put the coconut & pecans in as well!! Super yum!!
yes, my aunt makes the best with pistachios!!!
Pecans i`~Luv That 1.
How much pecans do you add? Thanks!!❤️🙏🏻
My great-grandmother called this Pineapple Fluff.
I omit the coconut and marshmallows, but add chopped pecans and sliced bananas.
First time I ate this loved it,But when I made it forgot marshmallows,it was really different,that’s when I notice no marshmallows,taste is really different,probably less sugar,marshmallows also melt and have different taste to salad.
Mom used real orange segments .. (We grew up in south Florida), sliced bananas, some coconut and chopped pecans . So simple and so Yummie! She also squeezed some oranges for some liquid. So healthy and had it every December all month long. That’s when oranges were cheapest and fresh!
Ps.. We pronounced this
Am-bro-zha 😉 💖Merry Christmas ❤ 🌲
My mom used to make this but I remember grapes 🍇 and coconut 🥥
Yours is definitely easier and I love the addition of yogurt 😋
I bet grapes 🍇 are delicious in it, or even blueberries! Your Mom was brilliant! Thanks so much for giving me the idea.
That's my way, too. Love the grapes 🍇
After reading the comments, I have gotten some really good ideas to add to the salad. Never thought of yogurt either or toasting the pecans. Takes it up a notch, I bet. You are the best! Thanks for this nostalgic recipe, Catherine.
Would you toast pecans with butter or?
My grandmother used to make the best Ambrosia Salad I've ever had. She used the pineapple, mandarin oranges, cherries (cut in half), shredded coconut, marshmallows, sour cream, Cool Whip, and some homemade purple grape wine. Oh my gosh, when that wine penetrated the marshmallows and sweetened coconut, it went all the way through the other ingredients too. She would let us kids have a little taste and we thought we were in heaven. Unfortunately no one ever wrote down the recipe so we just have to guess at the proportions now, but I don't think anyone has ever gotten it to taste like grandma's Ambrosia Salad.
Gloria Wojo, Grandmothers make the Best Recipe Memories!
Thats how my Granny did it!. maybr not the wine, lol
@@ravinhud4979 .
I learned this in home economics in the earlie 70s. Make it every year since for holidays.
My mom's fruit salad was out of this world. I'm still trying to see just exactly what I'm missing from how she did hers. Wish she was here to tell me. Rest in peace momma 😘 great video by the way your fruit salad looks sooo delicious 🤤
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Her ❤ love
I agree this recipe just brought back some very happy holiday recipes my Mom, my Gram and my Aunt all made this and they are now gone so it was lovely to be reminded of them and the holiday times past. Thank you so much Catherine.
This recipe brings back some happy memories of holiday gatherings with my extended family. No matter what you put in the salad, it is always delicious and you never want to stop eating it. Good job, Catherine.
Ambrosh-sha
So dlish...Haven't made since my grandparents died. We put marshmallows and Coconut as well as banana and a few pecans. Thank you...will make for new years.
That's what we call "fluff" salad! Always a big hit at the assisted living facility! Wish I could make some!
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This is a Classic Beloved Recipe.
Bringing back Sweet Memories.
I make this, sometimes instead of
mini marshmallows.
I combine, in a separate bowl
8 oz. of cream cheese
plus a small jar of marshmallow cream.
Add to fruit before adding the Cool Whip.
*Never seen this kind of salad anywhere. Maybe I should give it a try* 😍
When I was a kid mom used to make this. Delicious! Thanks for the memory of my mom’s warm kitchen. 🙏🏻
You're welcome.
That's is actually how my step mom made her fruit salad when I was 13 and you just bring me back my memories on Thanksgiving and Christmas. 🎄 🙃
Happy holidays!
Oh yes...made this a lot! I have also made a dump cake version of this. You mix the fruit together, place it all in an appropriate sized pan and cover it with a box of dry cake mix (I like a butter yellow flavor) and cut up one stick of butter into thin pats and cover the cake mix. Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. Serve with whip cream or ice cream...yum!!!
Oooo, yummy! That sounds delicious! Thanks for the tip.
@@cathyburns750 It's real good with chopped pears and peaches too!
Do you drain fruits?
Good ideal 😊 thanks
@@rosiemartinez9993 Yes but if I use a fruit pie filling I don't.
This recipe brings back sweet memories of my mother and grandmother making this.
Looks very delicious never seen it made like that
Thanks so much I been looking for this.
Mom always made this fruit salad. I almost forgot about it since mom passed away in 2014. She always added one cup of chopped pecans and shredded coconut to hers and it was especially good the day after she let in stay refrigerated several hours. Thanks for reminding me about this delicious salad!!!
If you have a salad spinner, empty your fruit in the spinner and give it a whirl. Drains it completely and keeps your cool whip from getting runny. Happy Thanksgiving y'all!
My grandmother and grandfather used to eat this all the time when I was a kid, I still like it, great video 👍🙏❤️😎bye
This brings back the holiday nostalgia. We have a Filipino
variation, made with condensed milk.Oooh it's good
My mom fix this she call it heaven it look yummy
My favorite holiday “salad”!!!
My Grandmother made several versions of this, my favourite was with the Oranges, Pineapple, cut up Apples, chopped celery, Walnuts, and we made a " dressing " of whipped cream , mixed with a bit of sour cream . She also made it the way you've done , and only for the " young kids " she used the fruit cocktail, and added tge fresh apples.
It's one of my favourites.
My mom and grandma made theirs with fruit cocktail, sour cream, a little bit of chopped apples, chopped walnuts, colored marshmallows, and would add a little sugar. I remember reading that stuff all the way back since the '70s. Yummy!
I have seen it made with sour cream, powdered sugar, and pecans also. Looks so good!
I love ambrosia salad. Never made it but I will make some for the holidays.
Another recipe win! 🍒🍊🍍 I love your recipes. Thanks again!
You are so welcome!
I make this for every holiday. I use pineapple, mandarin oranges, 2 cans tropical fruit ( cut up chunks) and two cans cherry fruit cocktail. Drained thoroughly. 1/2 cup toasted pecans and one cup mini colored marshmallows. Two containers of real cream cool whip and two boxes of pistachio instant pudding. Mix thoroughly and smooth the top. Arrange cherry and pecan half’s on top. Let it set for a couple hours at least. I make it the night before so it’s already done. People eat it for dinner, a snack, or dessert if they don’t like pie. This fills about 3/4’s of a Tupperware salad bowl.
I like the addition of pistachio pudding. Thanks
Your recipe is more like Watergate Salad, which we always called Grammy’s Pineapple Salad. My grandmother made it for her card club. We have recently just started making it again for family gatherings and has brought back so many memories. The ambrosia is what we called 5 Cup Salad as there is one cup of each ingredient, cherries weren’t in the original recipe. I use pineapple tidbits, mandarin oranges, coconut, plain mini marshmallows and sour cream. I make this every holiday for my niece’s husband. Either one gets eaten up!
Yes this version with the pistachio pudding is the holiday ambrosia I remember really a comfort food I had as a child ,yummy 😋
We have this salad on holidays. My step dads last name is Green. So we call this the GreenStuff. Its so good.
@@joannekalish1020 it's amazing even toasted or roasted pistachios makes it a pretty green color too my aunt makes it this way fond fond memories and delicious!!!
My mother makes this every holiday, it is one of the dishes she remembers from my grandmother. So delicious, I'm hungry now but am cooking already so it smells delicious. I remember oranges and pineapples and grapes I think. Merry Christmas.
I used the mix fruit can ,,,can peaches pineapple raisins coconut flakes and crème cheese and cool whip Delicious
I really do love how you explain everything and you don't rush through the ingredients like some people do. I will be making this for Thanksgiving side dish.
My great grandma used to make this for Sunday dinner pretty regularly. She added coconut to hers and pecans. Sweet, prescious memories 🥰
Pineapple cherries.sliced banana 1 .purple grapes oranges and light crushed walnuts... yummy
It’s great you love your salad. My Florida old time recipe calls for fresh oranges and grapefruits sliced thin and layered to look like jewels, with a sprinkle of coconut and pecans, put in the fridge so everything is wonderfully cold.
The fruit juice is really good if you put sparking water in it.
My mother past couple years ago from dementia and I wish i would have wrote down a lot of her recipes. She made the best ambrosia. She toasted the coconut and used heavy whipping cream
I also add bananas toasted pecans and toast my coconut as well. I also chop up the maraschino cherries in halves and spread them around since everybody in my family seems to love them. I also prefer sour cream made with whipping cream and lemon or lime juice and a touch of honey if needed although I have resorted to Cool Whip. I also leave out the marshmallows.
This sounds like my mom's recipe she never used marshmallows or cool whip. Home made whipping cream toasted coconut banana's and fruit cocktail. Delicious!
This is EXACTLY how my mom would make it when I was a kid. I miss 😢those days.
YUP! Just like mom use to make!
Thanks 🙏 Catherine! I never tried coconut in it before, but I Love, Love coconut & all things tropical 🌴. 🙏Have a beautiful, blessed Tuesday!
So thanks catherine a thomas good show
I love this salad and haven't made it in years! I will be making it for the holidays , I can't wait to try your version!! Thank you for sharing all of these incredible recipes !
Thanks Catherine my grandma and mom use to make this at the holidays all the time Love it❤️😊
Catherine, another great and easy recipe. Thanks!!
I love salads like this, and yours looks extra delicious! Thank you!🙂👍
Looks refreshing and that juice cocktail looks delicious
Thank you for this recipe, this looks like something i might consider bringing over the holidays, looks good!
Yum ! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe ! I haven’t had this in a while. Have a good day !
I really like your version of this Ambrosia salad because I MUST try it with the Yogurt for sure!!
It looks so delicious and great for a light holiday dessert 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Well as always it looked fantastic! Thank you so much for the time you put into this. I've eaten this once or twice but I never knew how to make it and it says simple as can be. Thank you again namaste
Fresh fruit and real cream
Looks delicious!
Coconut is a must and walnuts thank you very much cocktail sounds good too
Thanks for your recipe Catherine! My sister used fruit cocktail and shredded coconut. I also enjoyed reading the other viewer's ideas. Happy Holidays Everyone!!
Yep!! Tried and True. Pro-Tip: mix your whipped topping and sour cream together first. Also Tito's for that extra juice! 😁
Hello Catherine I've never made this salad b4 but I'm going to make your version it looks heavenly!!
Fond memories and a delicious fruit salad! 👍😋🍊🍒🍍
This is my favorite salad. Love it!!!
I just made this today and it’s delicious! Thank you Catherine!
I love this ambrosia. i use to make this a lot when my kids were younger. Catherine, I'd like to wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving!
My mom made this all the time for special holidays and family gatherings. I absolutely loved it. Don't know exactly what was in hers because I was only interested in taste and not preparation. Thank you for a walk down memory lane. Sure do miss her.
Mixed fruit w/extra cherries, mandarin oranges, coconut, marshmallows, sour cream
Love this salad with the coconut. My sister makes it all the time
I love it
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Mom use to make this type of dessert for the Holidays
Looks great Catherine!!! 🤗🤗🤗
I love this salad. It makes me think of Christmas dinners at church. Your version is my favorite. I have made it with and without coconut.
Been making this for over 50 years but we love the coconut & add diced pears & peaches as well!
My favorite 😻
Thank you ❤️
Very delicious 😋
I'v been making this for years, my family loves it.
Looks refreshing
I have had it with the coconit & banana slices. Yum.
Thank you for this!!!!!
I am making this for Christmas Family gathering.
Made most of my life. Yummy
Thank you for the recipe 😊
Thank you I've been looking for this recipe. I had it once at a party and it was a hit with everyone.
We have this every year … delicious!
Love this stuff especially with mini marshmallows and walnuts
Always have ambrosia for the holidays. No coconut I put large can pineapple and mandarin oranges and fruit cocktail and a can of diced peaches mix well with a full bag of mini marshmallows and sour cream. Delicious. Thank you for sharing Catherine have a blessed day stay safe and healthy
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Thank you for this recipe. I made my 1st Ambrosia salad at 2023 Thanksgiving and Christmas
You're welcome.
I like small marshmallows added to it!
I'm so happy you did this recipe... my sweet Momma made this at Thanksgiving... thankyou🥰
The sweet coconut makes it perfect!
A delish fruit salad😊👍
Hi Catherine! I love Ambrosia Salad! I've made it a bunch of different ways. I usually start with a can of fruit cocktail and build from there with all the fruits you used and some grapes, strawberries, blueberries (when in season), nuts, etc. and right before serving I usually cut up some banana. I've also been known to put a dollop of mayo in with the sauce sometimes for alittle tanginess. (By the way, banana and mayo sandwiches are yummy) !Thanks for sharing! Happy Holidays!!
This salad is delicious
We make it just like you do, yum! I love Ambrosia
Yummy, I'm going to try it. Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure 😊
This delicious Ambrosia is a family tradition, but no yogurt. Everyone loves it 🍍