Fruit Salad with Herb, Citrus, Mint-Maple, or Basic Syrup

Ingredients

• 1  half-pint blueberries 
• 0.3 cup mint leaves fresh julienned
• 1 cup wedges honeydew melon cut into large chunks
• 2  kiwis peeled cut into large chunks
• 1  mangos pitted peeled cut into large chunks
• 1 sprigs mint if you're using herb syrup fresh
• 2  oranges peeled cut into sections
• 1  papaya pitted peeled cut into large chunks
• 2 cups pineapple fresh cut into large chunks
• 1  half-pint raspberries 
• 1 pint strawberries hulled halved

Equipment

• bowl

Directions

1. Combine all the fruit in a large bowl and stir in one of the syrups.
2. Garnish with the mint or rosemary sprigs if you're using Herb Syrup.
3. Reprinted with permission from Lulu Powers Food to Flowers: Simple, Stylish Food for Easy Entertaining by Lulu Powers with Laura Holmes Haddad, © April 2010 William Morrow