Summer is officially here and the smell of BBQ is very near. Don’t let pool parties put a damper on your diet or weight-loss goals. Bring this festive and antioxidant rich dessert in lieu of a fattening cake to your 4th of July fiesta. Feel free to double or triple this recipe if you have more mouths to feed!
Festive Summer Fruit Skewers
Ingredients
- one cup water
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 pint strawberries, washed, trimmed, and halved
- 1 cup blueberries
- 6 bananas, cut into 1″ pieces
- bamboo skewers
Method
Mix water and lemon juice in a medium sized bowl. Prepare fruit. Place bananas in lemon water to coat to prevent bananas from browning. Thread a strawberry piece, followed by a banana piece onto 7 skewers. Repeat the process two more times on all 7 skewers and end by adding one additional strawberry. On 5 additional skewers, thread a strawberry, banana, strawberry, banana, then follow with about 5 or 6 blueberries. Line all skewers up on a serving platter to look like a flag and serve.
