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Patriotic Fruit Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 watermelon
  • honeydew
  • blueberries

Instructions

  • Slice 1/4 inch off bottom of watermelon, lengthwise, to create stable base.
  • Use pencil to draw zig-zag lines for basket opening. Using paring knife, make cuts through rind.
  • Carefully remove top section, pull out large chunks of flesh and cut them into 3-by-3-inch squares.
  • Trim 3/4-inch thick slices off squares to use for cutting out stars with 1 1/2-3-inch, star-shaped cookie cutters.
  • Use ice cream scoop to remove flesh from inside basket and cut scoops into quarters for fruit salad. Place in bottom of basket. Add honeydew and blueberries; stir to combine.
  • Cut out white stripes from honeydew.
  • Garnish top of fruit salad with watermelon stars, honeydew stripes and blueberries.