Fruit Salad with Dressing

For some reason we had an unusual abundance of fruit in our house this past week. Plus there was all that whipping cream leftover from what I used for Vince's birthday cake. So...I decided to whip up some fruit salad and some fruit salad dressing~my grandma's recipe yet again.

Fruit Salad Dressing
(my grandma)
2 eggs
4 Tbls. flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
15 oz. can crushed pineapple, juice reserved
14 oz. can fruit cocktail, juice reserved
1 cup whipping cream
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Mix eggs, flour, sugar and all four juices together in a saucepan; cook well, stirring often, until mixture is thickened and starts to bubble. Set it aside to cool. (You can even do this step a day ahead).
When juice mixture is cooled, whip the cream until stiff; fold in the juice mixture.
In a large bowl, combine the crushed pineapple, fruit cocktail with all of your favorite chopped fresh fruit; serve with the dressing.
Delicious!

I'm sorry that I haven't been posting as regularly this week. I actually had a bunch of posts all planned out and scheduled, but for some reason Blogger isn't publishing them when they're scheduled. We've been super busy~which is why I had them scheduled in the first place~so I don't always get back right away to make sure they've published. I'll try to do better:)

Comments

The Raggedy Girl said…

Nice recipe and thank you for sharing. You do just fine with posting. I put all my dear friends on my blog roll and when one posts they pop to the top, so when I have time I sit down and start at the top and read until I hit one I have already read and commented on. It is so easy peasy and I rarely miss a post.

Have a Thankful Thursday
from the Raggedy Roberta Anne

March 19, 2009 at 5:32 PM

Kayren said…

This sounds yummy! Does it end up tasting kind of like that cold cream cheese fruit dip you can buy at the store (Marzetti's)? I know yours doesn't have cream cheese, but it just looks like it might in the picture.

How was your trip?

March 19, 2009 at 5:40 PM

Betsy Brock said…

This does look good and dresses up a bowl of fruit quite nicely!

March 19, 2009 at 8:05 PM

Lora @ my blessed life said…

I know that dip you're talking about, Kayren, but this is totally different. It's very light in texture and fruity in flavor!

March 20, 2009 at 12:19 AM

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