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    Home » Rainbow Food

    Rainbow Fruit Salad Jars Recipe

    Apr 22, 2020 · 4 Comments

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    These cute rainbow fruit salad jars are fun for kids to make and a great way to add a healthy rainbow of fruit to your day!

    Cute and easy rainbow fruit salad in a jar - fun healthy recipe for kids

    This week I'll be sharing some new rainbow recipes here on the blog, starting with these beautiful and healthy rainbow fruit salad jars. Please forgive the (possibly excessive) number of photos, I really enjoyed snapping these colourful treats!

    The rainbow has become a real symbol of hope during these difficult times and I thought some new rainbow food ideas would be a lovely way to continue the theme with the kids. 

    How to make a Rainbow Fruit Salad in a Jar - fun and healthy rainbow recipe for kids

    In case it's difficult for you to find the specific range of rainbow fruits that I used in my recipe below, I've provided a long list of alternative rainbow fruit ideas below the main recipe to help you adapt this idea to suit your tastes and resources.

    These rainbow fruit salads are a great way to encourage kids to eat more fruit, and (in better times!), it will be a fun project to take them to the shops to choose their own rainbow of fruit to build their fruit salads from.

    For now, why not get them to write or draw a shopping list for you with their ideal rainbow of fruit?

    Beautiful Rainbow Fruit Salad in a Jar - fun and healthy recipe for kids

    I used natural yogurt sweetened with a little honey for the 'clouds' at the bottom of our rainbows, but you can easily swap it out for Greek yogurt, plain goats yogurt or a dairy free plain yogurt alternative such as soya or coconut if wanted.

    We presented our fruit salads in old jam jars (wash and dry them first!) for a full visual of the fruit rainbows but you can use clear plastic or glass tumblers or small glass bowls to get a similar effect. 

    Fun rainbow fruit salad jars recipe - a healthy and easy recipe for kids

    Rainbow Fruit Salad Jars

    Ingredients (makes 4): 

    • 350g natural yogurt
    • 1 Tbsp honey (optional)
    • 100g green grapes
    • 2 kiwi fruits
    • ½ 400g tin apricot halves in light syrup
    • 2 easy peel oranges
    • 8 medium sized strawberries
    • 100g fresh blueberries

    Equipment: 

    • 4 clean jars

    Method: 

    Mix the yogurt with the honey, then divide between the 4 jars, carefully spooning into the bottom of each jar and avoiding dripping it down the sides if possible.

    Rainbow Fruit Salad Jars recipe - Step 1 divide yogurt between the jars

    Prepare the fruit - wash and halve the green grapes, peel and roughly chop the kiwi fruits, roughly chop 4 apricot halves (reserve the syrup), peel and break the oranges into segments, wash, hull and roughly chop the strawberries, wash the blueberries.

    Carefully divide the fruit between the 4 jars, layering in rainbow order - the order I used was kiwi, green grapes, apricot, orange segments, strawberries and blueberries.

    Drizzle a spoonful of the reserved syrup from the tinned apricots over the fruit in each jar and serve immediately.

    Enjoy!

    How to make cute and easy rainbow fruit salad jars - fun healthy recipe for kids

    Alternative Ingredients

    You may not be able to get hold of the exact fruit that we used for this recipe, so please see the ideas below for a whole rainbow of different coloured fruit ideas:

    Green / White

    • kiwi
    • green grapes
    • honeydew melon
    • apple 
    • pear (fresh or tinned)

    Yellow

    • mango
    • pineapple (fresh or tinned)
    • peach (fresh or tinned)
    • apricot (fresh or tinned)
    • banana

    Orange

    • easy peel orange segments (clementine, satsuma, mandarin etc)
    • peeled and chopped 'normal' oranges
    • cantaloupe melon
    • nectarine
    • persimmon

    Red/Pink

    • strawberries
    • raspberries
    • watermelon
    • red grapes
    • plum
    • cherries 
    • pomegranate seeds
    • blood oranges

    Blue / Black

    • blueberries
    • black grapes
    • blackberries

    Do you have any other fruit ideas to add to our fruit rainbow? Please comment below if you do and I'll add them to the list!

    I hope you enjoyed this simple rainbow recipe. If you like this, you might also enjoy the following rainbow food ideas: 

    Rainbow Bagels

    How to make a healthy rainbow bagel with no food dyes - gorgeous bagel topping idea from Eats Amazing

    Frozen Rainbow Fruit Kebabs

    Easy frozen rainbow fruit kebabs - fun kids snack idea for summer from Eats Amazing UK

    Rainbow Rice Salad Jars

    Prep ahead rainbow rice salad jars recipe from Eats Amazing UK - great work lunch idea

    Homemade Rainbow Sprinkles

    Make your own rainbow sprinkles with coconut - fun and healthy sprinkles for kids recipe

    Or for more fun rainbow food ideas and recipes, check out the rest of the rainbow food ideas section here on the Eats Amazing blog or follow my Rainbow Food Pinterest board for gorgeous rainbow ideas from all over the web!

    Grace

    How to make a Rainbow Fruit Salad in a Jar - fun and healthy rainbow recipe for kids
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    5 from 2 votes

    Rainbow Fruit Salad Jars

    These cute rainbow fruit salad jars are fun for kids to make and a great way to add a healthy rainbow of fruit to your day!
    Prep Time10 minutes mins
    Total Time10 minutes mins
    Course: Breakfast, Dessert
    Cuisine: British, Vegetarian
    Servings: 4 people
    Author: Grace Hall

    Equipment

    • 4 clean jars

    Ingredients

    • 350 g natural yogurt
    • 1 Tbsp honey optional
    • 100 g green grapes
    • 2 kiwi fruits
    • ½ 400 g tin apricot halves in light syrup
    • 2 easy peel oranges
    • 8 medium sized strawberries
    • 100 g fresh blueberries

    Instructions

    • Mix the yogurt with the honey, then divide between the 4 jars, carefully spooning into the bottom of each jar and avoiding dripping it down the sides if possible.
    • Prepare the fruit - wash and halve the green grapes, peel and roughly chop the kiwi fruits, roughly chop 4 apricot halves (reserve the syrup), peel and break the oranges into segments, wash, hull and roughly chop the strawberries, wash the blueberries.
    • Carefully divide the fruit between the 4 jars, layering in rainbow order - the order I used was kiwi, green grapes, apricot, orange segments, strawberries and blueberries.
    • Drizzle a spoonful of the reserved syrup from the tinned apricots over the fruit in each jar and serve immediately.

    Video

    Love this rainbow recipe? Why not save it to Pinterest so you can easily find it again! 

    Gorgeous rainbow fruit salad jars recipe - fun and healthy rainbow food for kids Fun and easy rainbow fruit jars for kids - cute rainbow themed recipe for a healthy dessert or breakfast

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    1. Camilla Hawkins says

      April 26, 2020 at 10:06 pm

      5 stars
      Love this cheery and healthy dessert idea. They always say you should eat a rainbow and here you literally do:-)

      Reply
    2. Eileen says

      January 21, 2023 at 11:22 pm

      Thank you Grace these look delicious! Unfortunately I can’t eat dairy…can I just put the fruit in the jar and refrigerate for later? Eileen

      Reply
      • Grace Hall says

        January 31, 2023 at 7:48 pm

        Hi Eileen, thank you, and absolutely, it will work just as well without the dairy if needed.

        Reply
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