Summer Fruit Salad

Posted on by peachpearplumcafe

Such a great summer fruit salad!  Packed with juicy flavors to enjoy on a hot summer day.  And great colors for a fourth of July event.  Trust me you’ll have enough for a nice size party.  It’s so simple and yet so delicious.

 

Ingredients

Salad:

1 Seedless Watermelon (cut into small cubes)

2 pints of Strawberries (diced)

2 pints of Blueberries

1 pint of Blackberries

1 pint of Raspberries

-Optional- 1 pint of pitted cherries and small star cut outs of honey dew

summer fruit salad without cherries
summer fruit salad with cherries
star shaped honey dew melon

Dressing:

½ cup of chopped fresh mint

1 cup honey

½ cup of lime juice (5 to 6 limes squeezed)

-Optional – instead of mint you can use poppy seeds

 

Directions

  1. Rinse and clean all fruit (you can rinse with water, vinegar and even baking soda to make sure it’s clean).
  2. Slice and dice the watermelon into small cubes (approximately ½ inch in size) and place in a large dish that can be sealed.
  3. Cut the leafy ends off of the strawberries and dice them into small bite size pieces.  Add them to the large dish.
  4. Sprinkle in blueberries, blackberries and raspberries.  Stir/mix until there is a nice mix of the colors of fruit.
  5. Slice and squeeze the limes into a small bowl.
  6. Either chop fresh mint or sprinkle poppy-seeds into the lime juice.
  7. Whisk in the honey and continue whisking until everything is blended nicely.
  8. Add the dressing last and mix well (I usually do it a few hours before serving so there is good flavor).
Mint and Honey Lime Dressing
My favorite fruit dressing 🙂

 

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Thanks for viewing and hope you can enjoy this festive treat this July 4th!

Katie

Cucumber Melon Salad

Posted on by peachpearplumcafe

Another great fresh salad to cleanse your palate.  There are a few choices on the dressings.  My favorite is the mint and honey lime dressing, although I really like coconut A LOT.  If you are searching for a nice fresh fruity salad with a slight kick, well I suggest you try the ginger and honey lemon dressing.  It’s sweet yet spicy.  Once again, another simple fruit salad to enjoy on any day really.

Ingredients:

2 seedless cucumbers

1 seedless watermelon

1 honeydew

1 cantaloupe

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Dressing Choices:

Whisk ingredients until well blended and pour over the salad. Stir salad well so dressing covers all chopped pieces evenly. Let sit a few hours in the refrigerator to heighten the flavors.

Mint and honey lime Ginger and honey Lemon Coconut and lime
1 cup of honey

5 or 6 limes

½ cup of chopped fresh mint

 An inch of ginger root juiced

4 or 5 lemons

¾ cups honey

 ½ cup of coconut cream

5 or 6 limes

½ cup of chopped fresh mint

Directions

  1. Rinse and skin the seedless cucumbers.
  2. Use a sharp knife and cutting board to slice and dice the cucumbers into bite size pieces (in the photos I left the skin on so you could see the difference in the honeydew and cucumber – I highly recommend skinning the cucumber.  It goes better with the rest of the fruit that way.).
  3. Place cut cucumber into a large dish that can be sealed tight.
  4. Using a large knife, slice and chop up the seedless watermelon, and add to the large dish.
  5. Cut the cantaloupe and honeydew in half.  Using a spoon scrape the seeds out.
  6. Slice and chop up the honeydew and cantaloupe (if you want it to look a bit more neat – use a melon ball and scoop out circles of each melon – it takes longer but looks great). Add both melon pieces to the large dish.
  7. Stir/mix the fruit and cucumber until well blended.

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8. Add your choice of fruit dressing a few hours before serving for best flavor.

Mint and Honey Lime Dressing
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Thanks,

Katie