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!
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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!
if you cut apples crosswise the seed hole things make a star pattern!
Did you use all same size star cookie cutter? I have set with 1.5″ to 4 ” and wondering if that would look good in diff sizes. Love this idea!
I used all the same size since I only have one start cookie cutter. It would look great with different sizes!
I did it! :-)
http://www.lady-blog.de/aufgetischt-melonensalat-und-eistee/
Thanks for inspiration!
Dani
Carambola (star fruit) when cut crosswise are a natural star shape and an off-white color. Asian pears also come to mind with their creamy colored crunchiness might make a lovely white stripe element for the salad. On the other hand, this salad the way it is shown really appeals to me!
Okay! I’ve tried posting the image with the link to your page on my blog and it isn’t working! Is this something you have in your setup? I’d love to feature this amazing fruit salad on my blog for the 4th of July! Please? Thank you1 :D Just let me know if there’s a way to backlink!
I just emailed you Austin!
Ok, it’s going away from a healthy salad but to add the white touch, you could add a few mini marshmallows.
Silly question, but here goes …
How do you slice the watermelon before using the cookie cutters. This is a great looking fruit salad and I want to use it for our 4th of July cookout.
Thanks in advance.
Oh wait, I found the photo when I clicked on your original post. Yea!
Try bananas
I found frozen, pealed, sliced apples at Gordon Food Service that I’m going to be putting in this for the white.
Linking to this tomorrow! Let me know if it’s OK to use a pic!
Sure Tricia, go right ahead! :)
Super cute! I did this for our 4th of July/ 1st Birthday party:
http://growingoranges.blogspot.com/2012/07/let-freedom-ring-and-birthday-candles.html
Did you have a dressing with this like with bee vomit..?
Nope I didn’t add any dressing. Although I’m sure it would have been delicious with a little bee vomit stirred in. :)
Golden dew melon is a white melon like honeydue but white :) it’s yummy too!
Ok, I see someone asked how to slice the water melon before using the cookie cutters. But the she saw the original post? I have the same question, and I don’t see an original post. How DO you slice the watermelon first? :)
Just slice it like you would normally cut a watermelon to get triangle shaped slices. I cut mine into quarters and then slice each quarter. Then I punched out stars from the slices. All the pieces won’t be star shaped, you’ll have plenty of scraps leftover. Just put those on the bottom of your bowl.