Red White and Blue Salad

This Red White and Blue Salad made with fruit is about as easy as it gets for a holiday salad with American flag colors! And this tasty and colorful salad has blueberries, strawberries, and bananas, and it’s is perfect for holiday parties all summer long.

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This colorful Red White and Blue Salad with strawberries, bananas, and blueberries is such a perfect salad for a patriotic holiday. And the Fourth of July is later this week, so today I’m reminding you of this favorite salad, and this is an idea for your holiday menu that’s extra easy to make!

You may be surprised to see a fruit salad on my blog, and of course fruit has more sugar than vegetables. So this is one of those recipes I consider a healthy treat to eat for a special occasion. But lately I’ve been hearing a lot about the health benefits of berries, and they’re some of my favorite fruits. And berries are lower in carbs than most other fruit!

And although this colorful salad that’s red, white, and blue may be too high in carbs for some of my readers to make often, it’s fun when you don’t mind a splurge for a special occasion! I hope you try it some time when you’re making a special meal.

What ingredients do you need?

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• fresh blueberries
• fresh strawberries
• banana
• low-carb vanilla yogurt (or plain Greek yogurt, sweetener, and vanilla if you prefer that option)

What makes this a carb-conscious Red White and Blue Salad?

For this salad I used lot of blueberries and strawberries and not much banana (since bananas are higher in sugar.) I also use low-carb vanilla yogurt for the dressing, or you can make your own dressing with plain Greek yogurt with a touch of vanilla and Monkfruit Sweetener. (I tried both, and I prefer the Greek yogurt dressing, but the other one is a bit easier.)

Want a Red White and Blue Salad that’s lower in carbs?

I haven’t tried this idea yet, but I love Laurel’s Jicama Salad that combines jicama with mango. I think it would be fun to replace the banana in this salad with cubes of crunchy jicama, which would significantly reduce the carbs.

Can you use other red white and blue fruits?

You could use raspberries, blackberries, or pitted fresh cherries cut in half instead of strawberries for this salad. You could also use chopped pears instead of banana.

How high in carbs is the Red White and Blue Salad?

This colorful salad with American flag colors has 20 net carbs per serving, with 3 grams of protein.

How to make Red White and Blue Salad:

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1. I used this container of blueberries from Costco, which was about 3 cups of blueberries.
2. You’ll also need 3-4 cups of strawberries, cut up into same-size pieces.
3. Cut up one banana into pieces about the same size as the strawberries.
4. Mix together the strawberries, blueberries, and banana in a bowl.
5. This low-carb yogurt makes a good dressing for the salad if you want the easiest version; you may only need one container unless you like a lot of dressing.
6. Or make your own dressing by combining plain Greek yogurt and a little bit of Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) or another sweetener of your choice, and a little vanilla.
7. Combine dressing with the salad ingredients using as much dressing as you prefer.
8. Serve the Red White and Blue Salad right away (or it will keep in the fridge for a short time, but not more than a few hours.)

Make it for a special meal:

If you want to make this salad for a special Fourth of July meal, it would taste great with any of these main dishes:

• Marinated Beef Kabobs
• Grilled Cod with Garlic, Basil, and Lemon
• Grilled Cuban Flank Steak
• Very Greek Grilled Chicken
• Grilled Salmon Burgers with Caper Mayonnaise

More salads you could make for the Fourth of July:

• Loaded Cauliflower Potato Salad
• Green Bean and Tomato Salad
• Spinach Salad with Bacon and Feta
• Avocado Tomato Salad
• Strawberry Spinach Salad

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Yield: 6 servings

Red White and Blue Salad

Prep Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

This Red White and Blue Salad is perfect for the Fourth of July and this salad is extra easy to make and not a huge splurge on carbs for a special occasion.

Ingredients

Ingredients:

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• 3 cups fresh blueberries (slightly over one pound)
• 4 cups fresh strawberries, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 1 banana, cut into bite sized pieces
• 6 ounces low-carb vanilla yogurt (or see instructions if you prefer to make your own dressing)

Instructions

1. Pick through the blueberries and remove any bruised or spoiled ones. (Most blueberries don’t need to be washed, but if they do, rinse in a colander and then let dry well, patting dry with paper towels if needed.)
2. Cut the stem out of each strawberry and cut into bite sized pieces.
3. Peel banana and cut into bite-sized pieces.
4. Put the blueberries, strawberries and banana pieces in a bowl and gently stir to combine.
5. If you’re making your own dressing, whisk together 6 oz. plain Greek Greek yogurt, 1 T Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link), and 1/2 tsp. vanilla, tasting and adjusting the flavor with a little more sweetener or vanilla as desired.
6. If you don't want to bother making the dressing, use 6 oz. low-car vanilla yogurt.
7. Stir the dressing into the fruit and gently combine.  Serve the Red White and Blue Salad right away.
8. This can be kept in the fridge for a few hours, but it will get watery if it sits too long.

Notes

I would use Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) for this recipe.

This recipe created by Kalyn.

Nutrition Information

Yield

6

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 105Total Fat 1gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 1mgSodium 21mgCarbohydrates 24gFiber 4gSugar 17gProtein 3g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Salads with fruit won’t ever be super low in carbs, but this Red White and Blue Salad might work for some low-carb eaters for a special occasion. You can make it lower in carbs by using even a smaller amount of banana or trying the tip to substitute jicama cubes for banana. Blueberries and strawberries are relatively low-glycemic as far as fruits go, but this Red White and Blue Salad is still probably Phase 3 for the original South Beach Diet.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This easy Red White and Blue Salad was first posted in 2014 and I’ve been making it ever since then. It was last updated with more information in 2026.