Sweetheart Salad

We eat this every Valentine’s Day!

One of my favorite candies for Valentine’s Day are Conversation Hearts.  The candy itself isn’t that great, but I love the small pastel hearts and sweet messages.  I often play off of them for my own creations.  I love making cookies that look like them, but this year I came up with a simple fruit salad.  Of course, there aren’t any messages, but the small colored hearts play off the idea.  I will be serving this along side a heart-shaped sandwich for my little boys for Valentine’s Day lunch.  The small heart cookie cutter came inside a set of many hearts I purchased at (ugh!) Walmart. 

1.  Use any fruit you like.  I used kiwi fruit, bananas, pineapple (a bit too fussy), papaya, cantalope and strawberries.

2.  Slice fruit about 1/4 inch thick and cut with the smallest cookie cutter you can find.  If using bananas, serve right away or preserve color with a few drops of lemon juice.  Enjoy!