Comments on: 5 Cup Fruit Salad

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:41:18 +0000

In reply to Melanie Savage Carolina Cuisine. Hi Melanie, Thank you for your comment and great review. I love the pecan substitution for coconut.

By: Melanie Savage Carolina Cuisine

Melanie Savage Carolina Cuisine — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:57:20 +0000

This is a classic Southern recipe indeed. I forgot how good it is as an afternoon snack on hot summer days. Thanks for bringing it back for me and my family. My hubby doesn’t like coconut so we use chopped pecans

By: Donna Mate

Donna Mate — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:48:00 +0000

In reply to Deborah turek. My sister made something like this and added marachino cherries. She called it Heavenly Hash.

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 23:18:30 +0000

In reply to Melissa. You can add more fruit and coconut to sub in for marshmallows to keep the ratio with sour cream the same. You might need a tad bit of sugar to compensate for the sugar in the marshmallows.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:18:03 +0000

If I omit the marshmallows, should I decrease the amount of sour cream?

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 19:38:10 +0000

In reply to Maggie.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:55:28 +0000

We rarely had sour cream, so Mama used Dukes Mayo. She usually added diced apples and halved grapes as well.

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:07:33 +0000

In reply to Loretta. I’ve always thought cherries were the best part of fruit cocktail.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 06:40:43 +0000

I have been making this for all my married life-51 years. I usually add a can of drained fruit cocktail. My granddaughter loves it when I use the extra cherries fruit cocktail. My aunt made this when I was growing up.

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:34:43 +0000

In reply to Ellen Apple. God bless him. He does love it!

By: Ellen Apple

Ellen Apple — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:54:34 +0000

I make this but add a small container of cottage cheese and pecans – My husband can eat a bowl by himself. I will “hide” it in the fridge so he cannot get to it before it has time for the flavors to meld together well.

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 12:38:56 +0000

In reply to Wendy. Love all your additions, Wendy. The best recipes are the ones you customized. :)

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 12:25:54 +0000

My family makes 7 cup salad, but it’s actually 8 cups.

Mandarin Oranges
Crushed Pineapple
Cherries
Coconut
Walnuts or Pecans
Mini Marshmellows
Sour Cream
Cool Whip

Drain all of the fruits, obviously.

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:00:46 +0000

In reply to Donna Brown. Donna, The coconut is only necessary if you want it to me necessary. I've never tried toasted coconut but that sounds like a marvelous idea! Another option is chopped nuts. If you replace coconut with nuts, you might need to add some addition sweetening, like honey or sugar. It just depends on your taste.

By: Donna Brown

Donna Brown — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:12:18 +0000

Is the coconut really necessary? Could I used toasted coconut instead? My husband loves the taste, but not the texture of the sweetened coconut. Thanks for posting this…I never knew that it was sour cream that held it together.

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 07:45:40 +0000

In reply to Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes. Thank you so much, Jamie!

By: Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes

Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 05:56:49 +0000

I love classic recipes like this 🙂 My kiddos love this kind of “salad” too! Thanks so much for joining us for Freedom Fridays this week …. I’m pinning this!

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:03:35 +0000

In reply to Darlene.

Darlene ,

Eagle Brand would be such a nice substitution in this recipe. Thanks for sharing! 🙂

By: Darlene

Darlene — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:27:02 +0000

LOVE this stuff….always have it for my holiday dinners. The only difference is that I use Eagle Brand milk instead of sour cream and I add Maraschino cherries. That makes it more of a dessert, though. 😉

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:56:00 +0000

In reply to Susan. Susan, Does your family have any idea what they're missing?