How to make your fruit salad more scrumptious by adding 4 simple ingredients

You might not believe this, but in the past few years I've been asked so many times what I “spike” my fruit salad with in order to make it so good and tasty, that I thought of sharing the answer on my blog because maybe someone out there might be interested in knowing my “secrets,” too.

Actually, I've never thought my fruit salad could have raised so much curiosity and I was happily surprised by all the interest shown by my friends/guests.

Anyway, to make a long story short, I'll tell you right away that there's nothing SOOOO special about my fruit salad. I mean, I don't use any particular ingredients that come from Mars (even if this would be awesome...maybe dangerous, but awesome) or from some far exotic island...I simply use Moon dust, unicorn tears, and some drops of dew collected from a four-leaved clover at 5 in the morning during the summer solstice . :D

Ok, ok...let's get back to reality. :) What I simply add to a normal bowl of mixed fruit is some cinnamon, some pecans or walnuts, some raisins, and the juice of ½ lemon. :)

To make the fruit salad you see in the picture I used the following ingredients:

2 Peaches

2 Kiwis

1 Apple

1 Pear

1 Banana

2 teaspoons cinnamon

some pecans

some raisins

juice of ½ lemon

If you are asking yourself if I made a mistake and I forgot to add sugar in the list of ingredients, I can tell you that there's no mistake. :) The acidity of the lemon increases the sweetness of the fruit; therefore, there's no need to add sugar and extra calories to something which is already good and tasty as it is. :) I know many people who add 1 or 2 tablespoons of sugar to their fruit salad, and you are free to do so if you have a sweet tooth and prefer your fruit salad to be more sugary. :)

Oh, just one last thing: before adding any raisins, make sure your guests like them, otherwise you'll be very disappointed like it happened to me when I served some fruit salad to my little cousin. She refused even to try a small bite because she spotted a few raisins and removing them from her bowl didn't help to change her mind. :(

So, take advantage of this season, indulge in mixing all fruit you can put your hands on, and enjoy your scrumptious fruit salad. :)