Fruit

Dessert, Anyone?

I made a Fruit Salad yesterday and I was just fixing to spoon some over a nice Pound Cake I bought.

Would you care to join me?

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There is nothing prettier to me in the Spring and Summer than Fruit.

All the pretty bright colors, tastes, and textures. I also love nothing more than to create some delicious Fruit Salad to either eat by itself, or spooned over some Pound Cake or Angel Food Cake. It makes an excellent light lunch, or a nice dessert for a hot and humid Southern evening. It’s cool, refreshing, sweet and nourishing.

Here is something I whipped up that I would like to share with you.

Julie

So Happy To Burrow My Way Through A Watermelon Any Day Of The Week!

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Julie’s Palm Beach Fruit Salad

Based on my love of Lilly Pulitzer’s 1960’s Palm Beach, Florida Living

(Recipe Down Below)

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Julie’s Fruit Roll-Ups

(Recipe Down Below)

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Pears, Galore 🙂

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Strawberry Short Cake

An inexpensive, but tasty and quick dessert for the summer:

Not everything has to be complicated with several ingredients and homemade to perfection. Those times are great! But, for those simple and easy days, here is something quick and it actually kind of, goes without saying, but I will say it anyway. Just buy the ready made shortbread cakes from the grocery store, fresh strawberry’s, and some sugar free Kool-Whip. Perhaps serve with a dessert wine.

Enjoy!

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RECIPES START HERE

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All In ONE!

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I wasn’t going for some stunning presentation.

I just wanted to use the fruits and flavors that I loved best.

Here are my Ingredients for this delicious Fruit Salad:

Strawberry’s

Blueberry’s

Blackberry’s

Raspberry’s

Green Seedless Grapes

Kiwi

Watermelon

Honeydew Melon

Cantaloupe

Red Seedless Grapes

Yellow Dragon Fruit

Lime Juice

Chia Seeds

Honey

Mango Juice

Fresh Mint

(NOTE: The dark berries such as the Blueberry’s and Blackberry’s tend to stain and take over the salad with it’s dark color. If you want your fruit salad to show it’s natural colors then I would eliminate those berry’s.)

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Of course the first thing that you want to do is to wash all of your fruits and allow them to dry.

Removing the stems from my Strawberries and slicing them lengthwise.

I wanted them to look like hearts.

Washing my Berries

(Washing Raspberries can cause them to go soggy but I did anyway. But you can use a wet paper towel and wipe each individual berry if you like.)

Peeling My Kiwi

Ready to Slice and Add to Bowl

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A leftover fruit salad that I had in the refrigerator I decided to add to this salad.

I’m also squeezing some lime juice in as well.

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Adding the Green Grapes

Yellow Dragon Fruit

I just sliced the fruit in half and scooped out the seeds and pulp.

You can eat the seeds the fruit is quite tasty.

Now it’s time to add the Chia Seeds, Honey and some Mango Juice.

I just eyeballed how many of the Chia Seeds and Fresh Mint that I wanted and then stirred together.

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I then placed all of my fruit into a jar and refrigerated overnight just so all the flavors could meld together.

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The next day I removed my jar of fruit from the refrigerator and I poured the juice from the jar into a small saucepan to heat up on the stove top to thicken. It was convenient to have the two holes at the top of my jar, it made for easy pouring.

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I kept the juice on a medium heat just to get it boiling a bit so it would thicken up and made a nice syrup.

I bought a plain Pound Cake from the grocery store and sliced it…..

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I then drizzled some of the syrupy juice over a few slices of the Pound Cake…..

I then spooned over the delicious fruits.

Beautiful and Delicious

Dessert, Anyone?

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Julie’s Palm Beach Fruit Salad

I wanted to make a beautiful fruit salad. I wanted to base it on something lovely that would have been served in Palm Beach, Florida in the 1960’s. Something that would have been served at pool parties, or summer picnic’s.

I have my beautiful fruit salad above, sitting on a rug that I recently purchased.

Looks a bit Palm Beach, don’t you think?

Flowering Chives and Thai Mint

Along with some Blue and Black Berries

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Dragon Fruits

I wanted to use a few fruits that were exotic and only something Palm Beach society in the 1960’s would know of?

These Dragon Fruits do look a bit “scary.” Do not fear them! Just slice them, as I did in the photo above…

and then peel off the outer ring, as in the photo top left, so that they will then look like the photo, right.

Yellow Dragon Fruit

Do the same for these as you did for the Pink Dragon Fruit.

The seeds are soft and you can easily eat them. Don’t fear this beautiful and tasty fruits!

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Mini Melon’s From The Asian Supermarket

They call them Mini Melon’s at the Asian Supermarket. I have no earthly idea what their true name is. I will say this. The melons were delicious! They added some firmness to my fruit salad.

Notice The Seeds?

These seeds were so easy to remove with a spoon.

It was basically one swipe with a small spoon and the seeds were gone!

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Using my Manatee as a Spoon Rest

You Want To Place Your Fruits Into a Mixing Bowl

I knew that the Pink Dragon Fruit would turn everything Pink.

I was fine with it!

I’ve Added My Blue and Black Berries, Above

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Sugar Plums, De-seeded..

and then Chopped.

Sugar Plums Added, Along with Some Firm Green Grapes

The Salad is Coming Together

I’ve Added it to a Pretty Serving Bowl

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Now For The Extras

The Flowering Chives, Thai Mint, and my Mini Bananas

I sliced the Bananas in half, and placed them around the bowl with some Flowering Chives.

I also added some of my pretty Orchids.

I Added Fresh Thai Mint to the Middle of my Fruit Salad

If you are wondering if I added any sweetener, I didn’t. As a borderline diabetic there is plenty of sugar in all of these fruits as it is. There is no reason for me to add anything else.

Eat Up and Enjoy!

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Julie’s Fruit Roll-Ups

(I didn’t know what to call them. I know they aren’t what we think are “Fruit Roll Up’s,” but they do have fruit in them, and you do roll them up, so…)

They Actually Lasted a Few Days in the Refrigerator and Held Up Good

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I made these with my Grand-Daughter Peanuku in mind. I am kind of experimenting with foods that she will like to eat when she gets older, whether for a snack or lunch, or something for us to take with us in the car.

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These Are Really Easy To Make, Delicious To Eat

You Can Use Any Fruits That You Like

My Ingredients:

(You can use as much or as little as you like.)

Tortillas, (any you like)

Preserved Lemon Hummus

Pink Dragonfruit

Yellow Dragonfruit

Kiwi Fruit

Bananas

Micro- Beet Greens (I think that’s what I used. I was looking for something with a tinge of PINK.)

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Slicing The DragonFruit

DragonFruit may look a bit scary, but it is very easy to slice whether you slice it in rounds or lengthwise. The other skin always peels away quite easy. Because I was placing this fruit into the tortillas, I wanted to slice it all lengthwise.