Weekend Cooking: Summer Fruit Salad
With all the wonderful summer fruit now available at the markets, a fruit salad is a great dish to serve at get togethers and picnics. I find certain combinations of fruit behave better together than others. The one I created for the July 4th picnic was delicious.
Ingredients
• ½ small seedless watermelon
• ½ large cantalope or honeydew melon (or a bit of both)
• 1 cup red grapes
• 1 cup green grapes
• 1 pint strawberries
• ½ cup blueberries
• 2 kiwis
Preparation
- Cut melons into chunks about 1½ inches square and place in a large bowl.
- Wash grapes, blueberries and strawberries. Add grapes and blueberries to the bowl.
- Peel and slice kiwi. Slice the strawberries in half if they are large.
- Arrange the strawberries and kiwi on the top of the salad.
The easiest way to peel a kiwi is to use a spoon. A good video on how to cut a kiwi at about.com.
I didn’t have blueberries to add the salad in my photo but I normally use them. They add some color and taste fine with the melons.
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Under My Apple Tree 
The sigh of fresh fruit makes me want to dig in instantly 🙂
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I love the combination you created. Great taste in the mouth and good to look at too.
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That is so pretty! I love bringing fruit salads to family events.
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Looks lovely, fruit is so refreshing and tasty.
Would be gorgeous with full fat whipped cream!!!
Oh dear there are all my good intentions gone out the window!
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Looks so good, and so cool for these hot summer days. Beautiful fruit salad.
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I love the combination of blueberries and melon too. Plus they look so beautiful together. Your salad looks very refreshing and a nice summertime treat.
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Oh boy does this ever look great!!
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Yum…I remember years ago being on Dr. Tarnowers Scarsdale Diet, and my favorite thing about it was that two days a week you could have unlimited fruit salad for lunch!
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Fresh fruit salad is one of my favorites of the summer (or any time I can get it). Lovely photo.
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The picture is so fresh looking-delicious!
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Nothing better than a pretty and cooling and delicious fruit salad. Yours looks yummy.
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I never thought of that to peel a kiwi!
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Yum! I am having watermelon tonight with our dinner but this looks temping….
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I love fruit salad and that one really looks yummy!
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That looks truly lovely — no child would want a Ding-Dong if that beautiful salad was ready for dessert!
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A beautiful and healthy salad! Thanks for sharing this with us. 🙂
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