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Fresh Strawberry and Toasted Coconut Salad

July 3, 2017 by myrecipeconfessions

Fresh Strawberry and Toasted Coconut Salad is the easiest fruit salad recipe you will ever make! The toasted coconut is amazing with the fresh strawberries. It's so good you will want to skip dessert and just eat this salad instead!

Fresh Strawberry and Toasted Coconut Salad might only require four simple ingredients, but there is nothing simple about the flavor. It is like nothing you have ever tasted before. It’s so good I can’t stop eating it.

 

Fresh Strawberry and Toasted Coconut Salad is the easiest fruit salad recipe you will ever make! The toasted coconut is amazing with the fresh strawberries. It's so good you will want to skip dessert and just eat this salad instead!

Mmmmm is what can be heard when one eats this salad. It is so refreshing and it will instantly take you to warmer places. Don’t make one of those canned fruit salads when you can whip up this Fresh Strawberry and Toasted Coconut Salad in the same amount of time. This salad is the perfect cure for the cold weather blues or to cool you down in the hot summer heat.

Fresh Strawberry and Toasted Coconut Salad is the easiest fruit salad recipe you will ever make! The toasted coconut is amazing with the fresh strawberries. It's so good you will want to skip dessert and just eat this salad instead!

Do not substitute frozen strawberries with this salad. I also do not recommend using off brand coconut in for this salad. I love the Baker’s Sweetened Coconut Flakes. I promise you will notice a huge difference!

With a one simple variation you can make a beautiful patriotic Strawberry and Blackberry Toasted Coconut Salad. You can find the recipe below.

Blackberry and Strawberry Toasted Coconut Salad is the easiest fruit salad recipe you will ever make! The toasted coconut is amazing with the fresh strawberries and blackberries. It's so good you will want to skip dessert and just eat this salad instead!

With Love from my kitchen to yours,

Carrie

Fresh Strawberry and Toasted Coconut Salad is the easiest fruit salad recipe you will ever make! The toasted coconut is amazing with the fresh strawberries. It's so good you will want to skip dessert and just eat this salad instead!

Fresh Strawberry and Toasted Coconut Salad

2 lb of fresh strawberries, washed and sliced

1/2  cup of sweetened coconut flakes

1 tbsp. of granulated sugar

1/2 tsp. of coconut extract

Instructions

1. Place the strawberries in a  medium-sized bowl and spinkle the sugar on top. Do not stir the strawberries, just set the bowl aside while you toast the coconut flakes.

2. Add the coconut to a skillet over medium-high heat and stir frequently until the coconut flakes begin to brown. Be careful not burn the coconut. The coconut with brown quickly. Allow the coconut to cool completely.

3. Stir the sugar into the strawberries. Add the coconut extract and cooled toasted coconut flakes to the strawberries and gently toss. The salad will taste best if you allow it to chill in the fridge for up to 30 minutes.

Patriotic Variation:

Blackberry and Strawberry Toasted Coconut Salad is the easiest fruit salad recipe you will ever make! The toasted coconut is amazing with the fresh strawberries and blackberries. It's so good you will want to skip dessert and just eat this salad instead!

Strawberry and Blackberry Toasted Coconut Salad

Substitute the 2 pounds of strawberries with 1 pound of blackberries and 1 pound of strawberries. Continue with the remaining ingredients and follow the instructions in the above recipe.

 

Here are a few other recipes you might enjoy.

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Sunshine’s Fresh Fruit Salad

Creamy Grape and Yogurt Salad

Creamy Grape and Yogurt Salad

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