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It's All About the Show Business
Some weeks, the fridge is more fruit stand than cold storage. Who can resist the rainbow colors of berries and melons and stone fruits? Once upon a time, I’d get out the melon baller and slice and dice for an hour to fill a huge tub with fruit salad for the week. No more.
This is my quickest fruit salad, it’s all in the presentation.
A flat almost platter-like bowl not only displays the fruit but also makes it easier for people to pick out their favorites. Some times I put the bowl on a pedestal – it’s just a small inexpensive cake stand but wow, for little effort, what a dramatic look.
Rainbow Fruit Salad
Here's a whole another presentation, this one by our niece Katie with leftover fruit from her daughter's birthday party the day before, the theme was chosen by a color-loving five-year old: rainbows. To add to the festivities, I even made rainbow Easy Easy Magical Jello Bites! So pretty!
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FIVE-MINUTE FRUIT SALAD
Time to table: 5 minutes
- Cantaloupe, cut into bite-size pieces
- Green grapes
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
Arrange the cantaloupe on one side of a low-profile glass bowl, green grapes on the other, strawberries along the seam. Sprinkle with blueberries. Check your watch, five minutes!
If you like, chill the fruit salad until it's time to serve but let the fruit flavors blossom at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.
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