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Make A Bowl

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Summer tree fruit

Here are ideas for your refrigerator to help make fruits and veggies more enticing! Make bowls of ready to eat fruits or veggies with a fun theme (keep them covered so they taste fresh):

• Salad bowl – Put together lettuce and vegetables in a bowl; refrigerate and cover until ready to serve. It lasts up to 2-3 days without dressing. Give it a theme – summer with peppers, halved cherries, crispy cucumbers; or tomato with various shapes and sizes of tomatoes; or garden carrot and cucumber.

• Tree fruit bowl – plums, peaches, cherries, nectarines – this is in our photo and was a favorite – it disappeared quick because it looked festive in the refrigerator

• Melon – cubed melon is always a favorite

• Berries – offer a variety for even more color

• Carrots – Baby carrots in a bowl get eaten fast!

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