Hello sweet friends!
Did you know that one of my favourite desserts during the dog days of summer heat is just a simple fresh fruit salad? It’s cool, delicious, requires no baking, and it doesn’t melt, which are all great advantages in the humid heat of summer. And a fruit salad served inside a hollowed out fruit shell makes it all the more appetizing and beautiful to look at.
This dessert is so simple and only takes about 20 minutes to make. And all it requires is cut-up fresh fruit, and the juice of the pineapple.
Easy Festive Fruit Salad
Ingredients:
Chopped fresh fruit such as:
Pineapple
Strawberries
Green Grapes
Cantaloupe
or fresh fruit of your choice.
Directions:
1. Cut pineapple in half lengthwise with an electric knife.
2. Score pineapple with a paring knife by cutting around outside edge to form ‘bowl’. Then score inside of pineapple with a grid pattern, as shown. Then remove pineapple chucks and place into bowl, and squeeze remaining pineapple juice into bowl. {Discard pineapple core pieces.}
3. To bowl of pineapple and juice, add other chopped fruit. Mix with pineapple juice to coat all fruit. Then scoop back into the pineapple shell. Cover with wrap and chill until serving time. If it’s a supper hot day, serve on a big bowl of ice!
This sweet dessert looks so festive and fun…wonderful for entertaining or serving to the family!
It also makes an amazing breakfast treat too!
If you are looking for other fruit salad ideas, please visit Life Made Delicious for other great ideas.
Here are some other beautiful fruit salad dessert to make:
Wishing you a wonderful, sweet summer day!
{Disclosure: I am a part of the Life Made Delicious Blogger Program and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.}
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That is a great healthy treat, Angie! So perfectly presented too. You have a real knack for taking the ordinary and making it something special. Wishing you a great summer week ahead.
Oh that just looks SO delicious and COLD! which is perfect for this hot humid southern heatI would like to make this but I"ll have to substitute the pineapple though as I"m allergic but I think a honeydo or a cantelope would work :)..
Looks grogeous! I love the way you served it inside the pineapple. Very tropical!
Fruit salad…yummy, yummy!
That looks so pretty…and delicious! I love fruit salad but I don't do it often enough.
Gosh does that fruit salad ever look GOOD!!!
So pretty! I appreciate the cutting pineapple tutorial!
Jenna
So pretty in the pineapple bowl! If you have any desserts you love, we'd love for you to come over to our newest link party over at The Inspiration Network: DELISH- a desserts only link party. Bring your desserts and let's party!!
http://theinspiration-network.com/delish-dessert-link-party-no-1/
Smiles,
Melanie and Diana
The Inspiration Network
This looks so pretty! Thanks so much for sharing at The Inspiration Exchange – we'll be featuring it tomorrow. Have a wonderful weekend!
Jenn xo