One of my favorite things about summer is all the fresh fruits and herbs growing. Nothing smells better than fresh mint on a warm sunny day! I have to admit one of my favorite summer patio indulgences to cool off is a fresh lime mojito. There is just something about the mint and lime, ok the rum too, that just put me in a good mood.
In the spirit of my love for this refreshing cocktail, I decided to try mimic this refreshing flavor into other areas of food. Fruit salads are a staple in my house whenever I have company. I love to host frequent BBQ's and love to have a little variety on the table other than they typical burgers and hot dogs.
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Although potato salad is a great side and well always goes over well with my guests, I love to add some fresh fruit to the mix.
My mojito fruit salad I have to say was one of the biggest raved about dishes last summer. It was different from most traditional salads and was definitely a nice change up. The way the fruit paired together with the fresh mint from my garden and the lime juice, was almost as good as that cocktail I have grown to love oh so much.
With crisp Granny Smith apples, green grapes, honeydew melon, kiwi and fresh mint and lime juice, this salad is a simple yet refreshingly flavorful. Packed with vitamins and minerals you can actually feel good about this sweet treat, a light little snack the whole family can enjoy!
To whip up this quick and easy salad, start by cutting up your kiwi and apple into bite size portions.
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Cut the melon using a melon baller and cut all the grapes in half. Chop the fresh mint and prior to halving your limes, roll with your palm on a flat surface. This will help extract a lot more juice when it comes time to squeezing them.
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Add all of the cut fresh fruit into a bowl.
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Squeeze the juice of two limes onto your fresh fruit salad.
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Add in your mint.
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Gently fold all of the ingredients together to blend the juice and fresh mint.
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Serve up right away and enjoy a refreshingly tasty, guilt free summer salad!
Ingredients
- 2 Granny Smith Apples
- 5 Kiwis
- 1 Honeydew Melon
- 1/2lb Green Grapes
- 2 Limes
- 3 Tbsp Chopped Fresh Mint
Directions
- Cut all fruit to bite size pieces, using a melon baller for the honeydew and saving the apples for last as they tend to brown easily.
- Add all the fruit to a large bowl and squeeze juice from both limes over the entire bowl.
- Add in freshly chopped mint and fold all ingredients together.
- Let the fruit mixture chill in the fridge for about an hour and serve to your guests on a nice sunny day!