Rainbow Fruit Bowl Recipe

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I've found mint gives melon a delicious zip. Mixed with fruit juices and served over melon, it's a pleasant blend that's both sweet and refreshing.—Dorothy Pritchett, Wills Point, Texas

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Rainbow Fruit Bowl Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

2 cups watermelon balls
2 cups honeydew balls
2 cups cantaloupe balls
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lime juice
2 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon snipped fresh mint
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 cup lemon-lime soda

Directions

Combine melon balls in a glass bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together juices, sugar, mint and orange peel; pour over melon and toss gently.
Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. Just before serving, add soda and toss gently. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup equals 77 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 13 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fruit, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Rainbow Fruit Bowl in Birds & Blooms June/July 1998, p55