4th of July Recipes                                                                                      

July 4 American Flag                                                                                                                vegetable day     

ingredients

• 2 bananas
• 7 large strawberries
• 16 blueberries
• 1 TBSP lemon juice
• 1 cup water

directions

• mix lemon juice and water in a medium bowl and set aside
• peel and slice bananas, 1/4” to 1/2” thick
• place banana slices in bowl of lemon juice to prevent browning
• wash strawberries and blueberries
• cut off and discard tops of strawberries
• cut strawberries in quarters
• create skewers as follows:
  • 4 skewers – slide onto skewer 1 strawberry, 1 banana, 1 strawberry, 1 banana, 4 blueberries
  • 5 skewers – slide onto skewer 1 strawberry, 1 banana, 1 strawberry, 1 banana, 1 strawberry, 1 banana, 1 strawberry

• place skewers on serving platter aligning fruit “stripes” to create flag
• enjoy!
  
  

  Makes 3 servings – 3 skewers is 1 cup of your daily fruit allowance

July 4 Fruit Sparklers                                                                                                                vegetable day     

ingredients

• 2 thin slices watermelon
• 37 blueberries
• 4 slices banana
• 1 TBSP lemon juice
• 1 cup water

directions

• mix lemon juice and water in a medium bowl and set aside
• peel and slice banana, 1/4” to 1/2” thick
• place banana slices in bowl of lemon juice to prevent browning
• cut watermelon into star shapes using small cookie cutters
• wash blueberries
• create skewers as follows:
  • 1 skewer – slide onto skewer 1 blueberry, 1 banana, 1 blueberry, 1 banana, 1 blueberry, 1 banana, 1 blueberry, 1 banana, 1 blueberry, 1 watermelon star
  • 4 skewers – slide onto skewer 8 blueberries, 1 watermelon star

• place skewers on serving platter or in a decorative cup
• enjoy!



Makes 1 serving – 4 skewers is 1 cup of your daily fruit allowance


 

July 4 Star Fruit Salad                                                                                                                vegetable day     

ingredients

• 2 thin slices watermelon
• 1 white peach
• 1 cup blueberries

directions

• slice peach top down into as many thin “circles” as you can
• using small star shaped cookie cutter, slice peach and watermelon
• combine with blueberries in a bowl
• enjoy!



Makes 2 servings - uses 1 cup of your daily fruit allowance