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Lemon Poppy Seed Fruit Salad

RECIPE BY: San

DATE: July 10, 2025

Total Time 20 minutes

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Delicious and refreshing, this Lemon Poppy Seed Fruit Salad is tossed in a bright, zesty glaze, perfect to pair with any meal.

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I love fruit salad—it’s always a spring and summer staple for me. Honestly, I wish I made it more often year-round, but something about the warm weather always inspires me to whip one up.

If you would love some more fruit salad recipe ideas, I did a round-up of all my favorites, Best Fruit Salad Recipes and you can guarantee I am heading over to add this Lemon Poppy Seed Fruit Salad.

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The hardest part of this salad is just cutting the fruit—but that doesn’t take long, especially with little helpers like I had. I made it early in the afternoon for dinner, but it didn’t last until evening—which is definitely a good sign around here!

The glaze—made with lemon juice, zest, and poppy seeds—makes this salad truly unique. After sitting on the fruit, it can get a bit watery, so I like to stir it up or even strain some of the juices before serving. But those juices? Absolutely delicious!

lemon poppy seed fruit salad with blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, kiwi and lemon glaze in a glass bowl

Fruit Salad Tips

  • Store fruit salad in airtight containers to keep it fresh for 3–5 days in the fridge. Note: apples and bananas don’t store well over time.
  • To prevent browning, toss freshly cut fruit with lemon or lime juice. This works well for bananas, pears, and apples. You can use fresh juice, bottled juice, or a product like Fruit Fresh.
  • If your fruit salad is at room temperature, don’t leave it out for more than 2 hours—from the time you cut and prepare it to serving and eating.
lemon poppy seed fruit salad with blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, kiwi and lemon glaze in a glass bowl

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Lemon Poppy Seed Fruit Salad

Prep: 20 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Servings: 10
Calories: 147 kcal
Delicious & refreshing, this Lemon Poppy Seed Fruit Salad is garnished with a lemon poppy seed glaze making it a spring and summer must-have.
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Ingredients
 

  • 4 cups quartered strawberries
  • 3 cups mixed berries
  • 3 cups quartered kiwi
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon milk I used coconut milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon poppy seeds

Instructions
 

  • Cut up the fruit as mention above. Add all of the fruit into a large mixing bowl.
  • In a medium mixing bowl add powdered sugar, lemon zest and juice. Whisk together, then add the milk 1 teaspoon at time until you get the consistency you desire and there are no powdered sugar chunks.Stir in poppy seeds.
  • The pour over the fruit and toss to combine. Store in the refrigerator until you are ready to use. In addition, the glaze will become juicy. So toss the salad right before you serve. Or you could also strain the additional juice from the salad, if you desire. I do this.

Calories: 147kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 1gSodium: 3mgPotassium: 285mgFiber: 4gSugar: 29gVitamin A: 75IUVitamin C: 87.1mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 0.5mg

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This post was recently updated since original post March 2017.

lemon poppy seed fruit salad with blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, kiwi and lemon glaze in a glass bowl

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