Patriotic Fruit Salad

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4rth of July fruit salad patriotic fruit tray is a strawberry banana blueberry salad that's a healthy and tasty treat! Looking for more Memorial Day and Fourth of July-themed recipes? Check out my Blueberry Shortcake Healthy Flag Cake or my Easy Blueberry Puff Pastry Turnovers another patriotic dessert recipe is my Strawberry Turnovers want some delicious Fourth of July appetizers? Check out my Everything Bagel Dogs or my Asparagus Puff Pastry need some dip recipes, check out my Salsa Con Queso recipe or my Healthy Ranch Dip for all the summer treats! You are going to love this patriotic salad recipe!

This patriotic fruit salad recipe makes great red white and blue side dishes.

• Pitted Cherries
• Fresh Strawberries
• Sliced Bananas
• Fresh Blueberries
• Watermelon
• Star Cookie Cutter for star shapes
• Fruit platter or wooden cheese board
• Lemon juice (to keep the fruit from browning)

See recipe card below for quantities

Step 1: Wash and prep your fruit. Slice the bananas, slice up a quarter of a watermelon, slice the strawberries in halves, and pit the cherries.

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Step 2: Using a star cookie cutter, cut five watermelon stars by placing the star shaped cookie cutter into each watermelon slice and removing the outside of the watermelon rind. This should make thick watermelon star slices. This will make the stars on our flag fruit salad. Patriotic fruit salad.

Step 3: Now we start making our American flag with the fruit. On a fruit platter, start with the left upper side of the flag, by adding the stars first. Next, add the first row of fruit. Do this in the red, white, and blue sequence. The first row is red strawberries, next, add a row of sliced bananas for the white. This makes the cutest patriotic fruit salad platter.

Step 4: Now, add row of blueberries for the bue. Repeat this pattern until you have formed a flag.

Step 5: Add a row of pitted cherries for the next red row and repeat this entire process until you have a cute American flag!

Step 6: Fill in the star portion of the fruit flag with blueberries and continue the rows of fruit in red, white, and blue to make your American flag.

Step 7: Add shishkabob sticks and a bowl of cool whip to go with your patriotic salad!

What do you put on fruit salad to keep it from turning brown?

• Lemon or lime juice mixed into your fruit salad works wonders to keep the fruit fresh and to keep it from turning brown. This is especially helpful if you want to make your july 4th fruit salad the night before.

What can I add to my patriotic fruit salad?

• Honey for a healthy sweet treat!
• Cool whip or fresh whipped cream also adds additional sweetness
• You can add coop whip to make a fruit salad dressing
• This recipe is gluten free friendly
• You can also add dragon fruit too for a pink pop!
• Combine all the fruit in a bowl to individually serve to guests

How To Store Fruit Salad?

• Fruit salad is best eaten right away, but it will keep in a glass, airtight container in the fridge for up to three days or you can freeze it and eat it in smoothies or as an ice cream topping later.

This holiday recipe works well for Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day and takes less than 15 minutes to make! Fruit salads work great for when you want to food prep or have limited time and work for breakfast lunch dessert or brunch.

This recipe makes a red white blue flag fruit cheese platter that's simple fresh fruit salad recipe healthy red white and blue recipes for kids. white and blue fruit salad with cool whip. The entire family will adore this recipe!

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