For patriotic holidays, a simple summer fruit salad of red and blue fruit like strawberries or watermelon with blue berries or black berries is very popular. Add bananas and you have red, white, and blue. Toss with a honey lime dressing and it’s so good. The lime juice keeps the banana slices from turning brown. It’s so easy to make that it’s hard to call it a recipe. It’s very visually appealing for Memorial Day or 4th of July.
I’m using white bowls with patriotic paper napkins. If you have red or deep blue bowls, they would also work well. For the red fruit, you can also use raspberries or cubes of watermelon. For the blue fruit, you could also use blackberries.
Red, White & Blue Patriotic Fruit Salad
Use organic when available. Serves 8
Red White & Blue Patriotic Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 1 pint refrigerated strawberries, hulled and quartered
- 1 pint refrigerated blueberries
- 4 cold bananas thickly sliced
- 1/8 cup honey
- 1 lime juiced
Instructions
- Put lime juice and honey in a large bowl & whisk to blend
- Add the fruit and toss gently to coat with dressing
- Serve immediately
Enjoy!
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This looks delicious! I like the addition of honey, but anything with blueberries in sounds good to me!
My favorite fruits!
I love the whole red white and blue theme! Plus that combo would be delicious!
I would go for strawberries, blackberries and bananas. I am not American but it sounds like a good mix!
You’re right – it’s great for any country if you love berries like I do.
You can never go wrong with a fruit bowl. This looks great!
You’re right! Summertime is the perfect time for fresh fruit. I happen to love berries and it’s a no-brainer to make a colorful bowl for 4th of July. Happy Monday!
Easy, peasy and great, esp. if one loves fruit….
This looks delicious and so pretty for a July 4th salad. Visiting from Will Blog for Comments.
Lynne, Thrifting Wonderland
Thanks for the visit Margaret.
…looks refreshing!
I love fresh fruit in the summer (though I typically won’t use bananas since I don’t like them)… but I do find star fruit is a fun substitute!
Star fruit does have a nice flavor – very creative!
Looks great.
Not only is it very pretty and a great addition to any 4th of July buffet, it looks delicious. Happy week to you Carol 🙂
Happy week to you too!
Carol,
What a refreshing dessert!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Deb
Debbie-Dabble Blog
Yum, this looks so good. I love the fresh fruits and veggies that are available during the spring and summer. Pinned.
thanks for the pin! Have a great week.
How clever, easy, and pretty! Sallie
This looks so refreshing, Carol. You can’t beat fresh fruit in the summertime, and how fab that it’s themed for your Memorial Day and 4th of July. 🙂
This looks delicious! I love the colour scheme 🙂
#MMBC
This would be the perfect fruit salad! Yum! Thanks for sharing this post with us at the Will Blog for Comments #64 linkup. Hope to see you next time, too. Have a great week!
Hi, Carol. Just popping in again with the great news that this post was one of the most popular at the Will Blog for Comments #64 linkup and will be in the spotlight throughout #65 (which, this time, is for the entire month of July). If you’d like to share the news with your readers here, you’re welcome to save the “This Blog Post Was a Featured Favorite” image from the linkup and post it here. As a featured favorite, I’m also Pinning this post for additional visibility! 🙂 Thanks so much for being a part of our linkup. Happy weekend!
Thanks so much for the feature. I hope you have a fabulous July!