Best Filipino Ambrosia Fruit Salad With Macapuno Recipes

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AMBROSIA FRUIT SALAD



Ambrosia Fruit Salad image

EASY EASY EASY. If you like maraschino cherries you can use them, if not remember there are maraschino cherries in your fruit cocktail. Also, a little juice from the maraschino cherries will color your fruit salad a festive red.

Provided by Kimberley Teal

Categories     Desserts     Specialty Dessert Recipes     Dessert Salad Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
2 ½ cups shredded coconut
½ cup chopped walnuts
1 (8 ounce) can fruit cocktail, drained
1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
3 cups miniature marshmallows
1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, combine the whipped topping, coconut, chopped nuts, fruit cocktail, pineapple, mandarin oranges, marshmallows, cherries, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix together well and refrigerate for 30 to 45 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 274.1 calories, Carbohydrate 41.3 g, Fat 12.4 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 1.9 g, SaturatedFat 8.5 g, Sodium 62.3 mg, Sugar 23.7 g

FILIPINO SALAD



Filipino Salad image

Filipino salad utilizes unusual ingredients. Home gardeners who grow their own peas, squash, chayote, swamp cabbage, marunguray, katuday, fern shoots, and sweet potato leaves make use of more than one part of the plant.

Provided by Amy in Hawaii

Categories     Vegetable

Time 20m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 lb pea shoots
1 tablespoon young ginger root, grated
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup onion, thinly sliced
2 large tomatoes, cut into wedges

Steps:

  • Blanch one pound of pea shoots in boiling water for about a minute, then drain and plunge shoots into ice bath; drain. Squash, chayote, fern shoots, watercress, swamp cabbage, spinach, marunguray, katuday, or sweet potato leaves(only the edible kind), can be substituted.
  • Cut shoots into 1 inch pieces and place them in a large serving bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and toss to combine.
  • Calamandin limes (bartender limes) are traditionally squeezed over the salad at the end.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 23.5, Fat 0.2, Sodium 1002.2, Carbohydrate 4.8, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 3.1, Protein 1.4

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