Recipe: Summer Buzz Fruit Salad

For picnics, cookouts and showers, we make a sweet salad of watermelon, cherries, blueberries and microgreens. No matter where I take it, it always delivers on the wow factor. —Kaliska Russell, Talkeetna, Alaska

Ingredients

  • 2 cups watermelon balls
  • 2 cups fresh sweet cherries, pitted and halved
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries
  • 1/2 cup cubed English cucumber
  • 1/2 cup microgreens or torn mixed salad greens
  • 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
  • 3 fresh mint leaves, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest

Directions

  • In a large bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together the honey, lemon juice and grated lemon zest.
  • Drizzle over the salad and toss gently.

Nutrition Facts

3/4 cup: 131 calories, 2g fat (1g saturated fat), 5mg cholesterol, 94mg sodium, 28g carbohydrate (24g sugars, 2g fiber), 3g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fruit.

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