Martha Stewart’s Easy Fruit Salad Is the Best I’ve Ever Had

It never ceases to amaze me when a seemingly too-simple recipe ends up wowing me. For instance, I wrote about Martha Stewart’s easy baked salmon that is cooked with just butter, salt, and pepper—super basic, right? Wrong. It’s the best salmon I’ve ever made. 

Similarly, I recently tried a five-ingredient (I’m counting salt and oil as freebies) Tropical-Fruit Juice Salad that is all kinds of delicious. Pineapple, kiwi fruit, and oranges are tossed in a ginger dressing to create a juicy (as promised in the title), bright fruit salad you’ll want to make all summer.

And it should come as no surprise that the fruit salad also comes from the brain of Martha Stewart—only winners from this icon.  

Don’t Knock the Dressing Until You Try It

The standout element of this recipe is the Ginger-Lemon Dressing. It calls for the juice and zest of a lemon, fresh ginger, olive oil, and salt, which was a bit of a head-scratcher for me, but again, it’s Martha, so I pressed on with confidence. 

The dressing does a nice job of punching up the tang and sweetness of the oranges, pineapple, and kiwi without overpowering them. Sometimes ginger can take over if you use too much, but this recipe has just enough. There’s something especially delicious about ginger with pineapple—this may be the only way I serve it from now on!

How I’ll Upgrade the Recipe Going Forward

This fruit salad calls for a beautiful assortment of tropical fruits that not only work together in each bite, but are fun and colorful as part of a summer spread. Martha recommends slicing the citrus into wheels to add some pow to the presentation, which I second! 

Next time, though, I will grab a variety of blood oranges and Cara Cara oranges to have more pretty colors. The fruit salad is really colorful as-is, but I wanted more! And while the recipe only calls for one kiwi fruit, I recommend including two or three so there’s more to go around and more pops of green.

With summer officially in full swing, this is a perfect recipe to add to a patio night at home, brunch spread, or to take to a potluck. (Double or triple the ingredients for a crowd). This recipe takes about 10 minutes total, so it can be whipped up in a hurry, but will guarantee big compliments. Bottom line, this will be an absolute hit anywhere you serve it.