• Gather all your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table.

Prepare the Fruit

• Rinse all of the fresh fruit and drain in a colander. As each fruit is prepared, place in large bowl.
• Using a cutting board and sharp knife, remove tops from 1 quart fresh strawberries and slice in half.  Slice 1 whole fresh pineapple (or drain canned pineapple chunks) Reserve any juice for the dressing.

  Slice 10 oz red grapes in half. Peel and chop 3 whole kiwi into chunks. Remove peel and section 3 whole mandarin oranges (or drain canned mandarins). Peel and slice 2 large bananas.
• Add 12 oz fresh blackberries and 1 pint fresh blueberries (rinsed) to the rest of the fruit in the bowl.

Prepare the Citrus Dressing

• Zest one lemon, enough to make 2 teaspoons lemon zest. Using a citrus juicer, squeeze the juice from the lemon, for 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
• In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup honey, the lemon zest, the freshly squeezed lemon juice, and the reserved pineapple juice. Whisk to mix well.
• Pour the dressing over the fresh fruit. Gently toss to coat. Place fruit in a pretty serving bowl. Serves 8-10.