Last week I stumbled across this image, and I immediately volunteered to bring a fruit salad to our friends’ Independence Day cookout. I tried to go for a red, white and blue theme, but unfortunately I couldn’t think of any white fruit to include.*
I’d like to make watermelon hearts for Valentine’s day, cantaloupe jack-o’-lanterns for Halloween, and honeydew shamrocks for St. Patty’s day. What a great excuse to expand my cookie cutter collection! The tricky part will be finding the right colored melon in time for each holiday.
* I just thought of a white fruit—white raspberries. Oh well, it’s too late now!
Pinneapple is kind of white when compared to the reds, maybe… Your salad looks yummy and patriotic too.
That’s true, pineapple would have worked!
LOVIN this salad! Soo cute! I’m glad I have something else to use my cookie cutters for! :3
Lychees!
Haha! Alissa I almost deleted this because I thought for sure it was a weird spam comment. Then I googled lychees. I have never seen those before! I have to find some to try.
So sorry! I guess I should have explained myself more – but I’m from Florida, and I forget that we use a lot of weird ingredients down here that no one else has heard of. :)
Lychees are DELICIOUS! Very tropical, very sweet, but a little bit of work to get them out of their red-shell-things. Although, I’m pretty sure that you can buy them canned as well, if they aren’t local to your area. If you do, save the “juice” in the can and use it to make a lychee martini!
They sound amazing! If I can’t find them fresh I will definitely keep an eye out for the canned variety. Thanks for introducing me to a new fruit!
Jicama would have worked too! :)
I usually add whipped cream to the top of my berry salads to add a touch of white for the 4th of July. :)
A white fruit/veggie (not sure which) called hikama (not sure of spelling) is really good seasoned with salt.
apples
Or Lychee’s that would of worked well in the red blue and white salad! or apples with the rind off – which you could use your cookie cutter on too!
Pears would have been nice & white
What about apples for the white part?
Yes! Lychee and/or Longan’s (similar to lychee) are super yummy and white!! Which is perfect for your “white” because they’re typically best from mid-June to mid-July. You can always find them canned at an Asian market or even the Asian aisle at your local grocers. Thanks for this fun and yummy idea! Can’t wait till this Fourth of July!! :)
So inspired! Would you mind if I pinned this to Pinterest?
Please do! :)
I’m thinking it looks red, white, and blue because you have it in a white bowl. It is perfect!!
What about slices of banana for the white?? Very cute idea!