Auntie's Fruit Salad recipe

1 can pineapple chunks

1 egg

1/2 cup sugar

1 T. AP flour

1 bag red grapes

3 bananas

1 can peaches

Drain 1 can pineapple chunks over a sauce pan to get about 1 cup of pineapple juice. 

Combine juice, egg, sugar, and flour in the sauce pan at room temperature. Mix until the egg is thoroughly combined. 

Then cook over medium heat until thickened, stirring constantly.  

Let cool. 

Combine fruit in a large mixing bowl. Pour cooled dressing over fruit and stir thoroughly until all fruit is coated.

Food and Nutrition Tips:  This recipe is ideal year round, since any type of fruit can be used.  Just plan on about 5 cups of fruit total, and add the pineapple juice. Canned fruit and any seasonal fruit works really well.

This salad is very bright and colorful and tastes great. It's perfect for special occasions, and is also a healthy fruit salad to have at home. 

I have prepared this recipe for groups before, and they asked about the egg yolk and the sugar, worried that the dressing wasn't healthy. The salad contains about 5 cups of fruit-a lot of fruit! The dressing only has one egg yolk and a little bit of sugar, so it is not enough to make a big difference in cholesterol and sugar intake for this salad.

Diabetics should have about a 1/2 cup portion.