Creamy Orange Fruit Salad

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Creamy Orange Fruit Salad

Fruit:

1 29 oz. can sliced peaches, drained and cut into chunks

1 20 oz. can pineapple tidbits, drained

1 11 to 15 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained (Pacific has smaller segments)

2 fresh apples, cored and chopped (red and green for color)

2 bananas, opt. or use grapes

Pudding Mixture:

1 3.4 oz. pkg. gluten-free, dry, instant vanilla pudding mix

1/2 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed

1 1/2 cups milk, milk sub or use reserved fruit juice (I use the fruit juice or 1/2 of each)

3/4 cup yogurt, sour cream or df sub

Drain peaches in a colander in a bowl, remove peaches from colander and cut up. Drain pineapple and oranges in the colander. Reserve (1 1/2 cups) juice if using in place of the milk. Put drained fruit into large serving bowl.

In mixing bowl, beat together the dry pudding mix, milk or sub, and orange juice concentrate. Beat for 2 minutes. Beat in yogurt on low until mixed. Stir in apples and bananas (stir in bananas before serving to keep them from turning brown).

Pour pudding mixture over fruit and stir. Chill. Stir in bananas before serving.

Sub fresh fruits if desired. Prechill all fruits for colder salad.

This makes a great potluck salad or a last minute salad if you keep canned fruit in your pantry.

[missy'smom]

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