Happy Independence Day
Happy Independence Day to all my American readers that are celebrating the 4th of July holiday. I’ll be hosting a small family gathering today at my house. The weather is great and we will be outdoors relaxing and grilling burgers. And since I didn’t write anything special for today, I’m re-posting one of my favorite summertime side dishes, a fresh fruit salad.
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.
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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Ooh, your salad looks yummy! I just finished making potato salad and refilling the iced tea pitcher. Have a great day!
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Happy 4 enjoy, you day. Salad looks yummy.
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That fruit salad is beautiful! Happy July 4th, Leslie!
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That looks delicious. Happy Independence Day
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I hope you’ve had a great holiday! The fruit salad looks wonderful!
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Looks so pretty and very cooling and tasty. Please consider linking this up to Weekend Cooking tomorrow. 🙂
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I made fruit salad too this week too…patriotic fruit salad
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Lovely fruit salad – for festive occasions I also add a splash of cointreau or some other colourless liqueur…
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I do love a fruit salad, and this one is so colorful! I’ll have to try adding kiwi the next time I make one.
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We have fruit salad almost every night at our house, it’s so refreshing.
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Looks delicious! I need to go out and buy fruit today. Have gone without for a few days except for raspberries from the garden.
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That looks pretty! I brought fruit salad to our gathering and it turned out well — plums, nectarines, and green grapes.
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This looks so good! Gage likes kiwi but I’ve never figured out a good way to peel them so I need to check out the video!
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It works and it’s so easy to use the spoon. I used to make a mess of them including squirting myself with the green juice until I tried this method.
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