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Red white and blue patriotic fruit salad in a white bowl, consisting of watermelon, blueberries, strawberries, and dragon fruit pieces. The watermelon are cut into stars.
Victoria Pruett

Patriotic Fruit Salad

This Patriotic Fruit Salad is perfect for a light snack, a side dish for any meal, or just a sweet treat in the heat of the day! Featuring watermelon, blueberries, strawberries, and dragon fruit, it’s a great way to feature red, white, and blue foods this 4th of July!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Calories: 73
Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 small seedless watermelon
  • 1 lb strawberries
  • 12 oz blueberries
  • 1 dragon fruit

Method
 

  1. Wash and rinse your produce to begin with.
  2. Slice your watermelon into 1 1/2" slices.
  3. Use a small star cookie cutter to make the watermelon into the shapes of stars.
  4. Cut the tops off your strawberries, and dice them into to fourths.
  5. Cut your dragonfruit in half from top to bottom.
  6. Use a large spoon to scoop out the fruit from the dragon fruit.
  7. Dice the dragon fruit up into one inch cubes.
  8. In a large bowl ocmbine the watermelon, diced strawberries, diced dragonfruit, and the blueberries.
  9. Keep covered and chilled until you're ready to serve.

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Notes

Best Tips for Making This Patriotic Fruit Salad

While this recipe is very straightforward, there are a few tips I want to share for making this the best fruit salad ever!
  1. Make sure your fruit is ripe – You’re probably thinking, DUH! But this is something that often gets overlooked. So make sure that you are choosing strawberries and dragon fruit that are ripe and sweet. Otherwise, this salad is going to be very tart! Usually, you don’t have to worry about watermelon and blueberries as much, but the other two ingredients might be an issue.
  2. Chill before serving – If possible, make this fruit salad a few hours, or up to 2 days, in advance. This will allow the fruit to be fully chilled which always makes for a better experience on a hot summer day!