Patriotic Red, White and Blue Fruit Salad
The BEST Patriotic Red White and Blue Fruit Salad | This vegan, dairy free, gluten free, and super FUN salad can be made into a healthy fruit bowl or beautiful fruit tray. Use watermelon, white canary melon (star fruit cutters for the win!), and blueberries to make this fruit salad for get togethers like a July 4th party, Labor Day picnics, and Memorial Day BBQs. Use as a clean eating dessert in fruit platter form to celebrate the USA as 4th of July food!
Servings: 20 servings
Calories: 50kcal
Cost: $12.00
Equipment
- large clear glass bowl
- large platter
Ingredients
- 1 watermelon
- 1 white canary melon or other white fleshed fruit or vegetable
- 24 oz fresh blueberries
- 12 oz fresh blackberries
- 1 lb red grapes
Instructions
- Remove green rind from watermelon and cut watermelon flesh into bite-sized pieces. Place in the bottom of your large clear bowl OR set aside to assemble flag on large tray.
- Wash and dry grapes and remove from stem. Add to watermelon pieces in the bowl or tray.
- Remove rind from white canary melon and slice the melon into large flat pieces. Use star-shaped fruit cutter to cut into stars. Set aside to assemble flag tray or place 3/4 of the pieces on top of the watermelon in your large clear bowl.
- Wash and dry blueberries and blackberries. Place on top of white melon pieces in large bowl or set aside to assemble flag tray.
- If you made the salad in a large bowl, use the remaining white melon stars to top your fruit salad and serve.
- If you are making the flag pattern on a large tray go ahead and assemble the fruits in order. Do horizontal red stripes with watermelon and grapes, white stripes with canary melon, and a blue rectangle in the left top corner with blueberries and blackberries. Top the blue area with several white stars and serve!
Notes
If you have trouble finding a white melon like a canary melon use other white fruits or vegetables such as pears, apples, jicama, white nectarines, or white peaches.
Nutrition
Calories: 50kcal