Ambrosia Salad recipe that is tasty and refreshing on a hot summer day

Hey y'all, it's a beautiful Monday, much nicer than the weekend was and so I thought I'd take a break from work and just whip together an ambrosia salad. It doesn't require too many ingredients and it's very quick and simple to make and it tastes good. So here we go. In your first step, you're going to want to strain your fruit and I don't want to make too much. So I'm only going to use roughly half of each can. So here we have some pineapple chunks. The recipe did call for tidbits, but the store didn't have any so I got chunks. And then I'm going to use a half can of sliced peaches, a half a can of mandarin oranges, and then the fruit cocktail calls for a larger serving. So I'm going to use a half can of this larger size can. And now I'll go ahead and I'll just kind of swish that around and let it drain a little bit. So I mixed that up. Now I'm going to go ahead and add in some maraschino cherries. Let me try not to get too much of a mess there. And I'm going to save some, this way I have some to put on the top. While my fruit sits in the strainer, I'm going to go ahead and start mixing my other ingredients in the bowl. I have some Cool Whip and I'm going to use roughly half of this container here. And I also have some sour cream and again, I'm only going to use about half of this container. And I'm going to go ahead and mix this up really well. My Cool Whip and sour cream are nicely mixed. So now it's time to add the fruit to the mixing bowl. I'm going to go ahead and give that a little bit of a mix. I'm going to try not to make a mess here. So I gave that a little bit of a mix. So I'm going to go ahead and add in some sweetened coconut flakes now. I know you can barely see that. That's pretty good. I'm going to give that a little bit of a mix. And then I'm going to go ahead and add in some miniature marshmallows. I'm going to mix that all in really well now. And the bowl is a tad bit too small, so it's kind of falling out. So I'm gonna have to be a little more careful with this. And I'll spare you from watching me mix the whole thing, but you just want to make sure it's all nice and evenly coated. And the fruit is all mixed in with the marshmallows and the coconut. After I mixed all of my ingredients together for my ambrosia salad, I transferred it to a serving tray and I threw some cherries on the top. I'm now going to go and put a lid on this and put it in the fridge to chill for maybe a half an hour before I'm ready to serve it. That's all. Have a great day.