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Do your little bit of good where you are; it is those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.--Desmond Tutu


Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Mexicanish Heart-Peace Fruit Salad

The fruit salad is totally easy--it's the heart-peace that's the hard part. ; )

Seriously--the salad was so easy and so yummy and complements Mexican foods so well that I thought I would share the "recipe" with you.  I made it up, but I am sure you could find other fruit salads like this online if you want ideas to improve upon it.

--pineapple (1 whole fresh would be great, but a largish bag of frozen pieces is perfectly fine--that's what we did)
--mango (same. I don't know how to tell when a mango is ripe--I can't eat them because of allergies. So we found frozen pieces.)
--large bunch red or purple grapes, washed (green grapes are fine too--whatever you think is prettiest.  Halve them longways if you are as paranoid as I am about children choking. Otherwise, just leave them whole, like I did last night for the guys!)
--1 lime
--small bunch fresh mint leaves

Just put all fruit pieces in a big bowl.  Squeeze your lime (wash it first!) into a little cup so you make sure seeds don't get in the salad.  You can use either half or a whole lime--do it to your taste.  Wash and tear the mint leaves and add to the bowl.  The more lime you use, the more mint you will want as well. Mix all thoroughly and voila!

Of course this would be best made when the fruits are in season.  But if you ever happen to need a quick and easy dish for an event, say a men's Mexican pot-luck, frozen works great too!




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