Drizzle a spoon of this creamy and tart yogurt fruit salad dressing over a bowl of mixed summer fruit.
This creamy 5 minute yogurt dressing will add a delightful creamy, slightly tart flavor to any combination of fruit.
Only four ingredients and a few minutes to mix up the perfect topping for any fruit salad.
Make your next fruit salad stand out from the crowd with the addition of a creamy lime and mint yogurt fruit dressing.
Top a single serving of fruit with a spoonful. Or toss a bowl of your favorite fruit salad with it.
The combination of tart yogurt, bright lime juice and zest add a punch of flavor to fresh fruit.
Ingredients
Five simple ingredients and you will be enjoying this sweet and tart yogurt honey lime fruit salad dressing.
- Yogurt: Use plain yogurt, homemade yogurt. Homemade crème fraiche is a good substitution for yogurt and will work for a fruit salad topping.
- Honey: This recipe uses honey as the sweetener. You could use granulated sugar or another sweetener as a substitution.
- Lime: Zest of one entire lime and the juice of one half.
- Mint: Fresh mint leaves.
Directions
It is so easy to mix up this simple but delicious fruit topping recipe.
Step 1: Scoop the yogurt into a small mixing bowl.
Step 2: Add the freshly squeezed lime juice, honey, lime zest and finely minted mint leaves to the bowl.
Step 3: Using a metal whisk beat the ingredients together.
Step 4: Transfer to a lidded mason jar or cover the bowl. Place the bowl in the refrigerator.
Chill for at least one hour before serving.
Serving Ideas
- Single servings: Yogurt fruit salad dressing can be drizzled over individual bowls of fruit for single serving.
- Or pour all of the dressing over a large bowl of fruit salad and gently toss the fruit to coat with the dressing.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, yogurt adds an extra creamy sweet and tart flavor to fresh fruit. Fruit and yogurt make a very good snack or dessert.
Honey is a delicious natural sweetener that pares well with a fruit salad.
Drizzling a yogurt based fruit salad dressing is one of the easiest ways to make a creamy fruit salad. Yogurt dressing can be make in about 5 minutes and can be served with any type of fruit salad.
Recipe Expert Tips
- For the freshest flavor mix the dressing early in the day you plan to serve it.
- Drizzle the lime yogurt salad dressing over the fruit right before serving.
- This yogurt fruit dressing can be served with any type of fruit salad.
- Squeeze some lime juice over the fruit salad to prevent bananas and apples from browning.
More fruit recipes
Fruit salads are very easy to make. Check out a few of my other recipes you might enjoy.
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Yogurt Lime Fruit Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon honey (or sweetener of choice)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 whole zest of one lime
- 1 teaspoon finely minced fresh mint leaves
Instructions
- Scoop the yogurt into a small mixing bowl.
- Add the freshly squeezed lime juice, honey, lime zest and finely minted mint leaves to the bowl.
- Using a metal whisk whip the ingredients together.
- Transfer to a lidded mason jar or cover the bowl. Place the bowl in the refrigerator.
- Chill for at least one hour before serving.
- Drizzle over individual bowls of fruit salad to serve.
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Recipe Expert Tips
- For the freshest flavor mix the dressing early in the day you plan to serve it.
- Drizzle the lime yogurt salad dressing over the fruit right before serving.
- This yogurt fruit dressing can be served with any type of fruit salad.
- Squeeze some lime juice over the fruit salad to prevent bananas and apples from browning.
Cindy@CountyRoad407
I've always wondered what people did to their fruit to make it creamy. Thanks for sharing this with us at Farmhouse Friday. I'll be featuring it this week. Hope you link up again soon. pinned