Watermelon and Blueberry Mojito Salad

Watermelon gets a little boozy in this delicious Watermelon and Blueberry Mojito Salad. The adults at your party will love you for this!

This is definitely not the fruit salad of my childhood! At least, I don’t remember my mum soaking the fruit in rum. But then again, my mum grew up in Jamaica, the birth place of rum…and I was a really happy child who spent hours fashioning various types of wings and throwing myself off of high places in an attempt to fly. Hmm…Mum, you have some ‘splainin to do!

Could you make this salad without the rum? Sure. But unless you don’t drink or are planning to serve this to children (with or without a Supergirl complex), then I say, “Bring on the rum!”

Mojitos, the traditional Cuban cocktails, are usually made with white rum. However, either white or dark rum will do. I happened to use dark rum because that’s what I had on hand and, as the daughter of a Jamaican, that’s what I’ve been taught to love. Rum Punch with Ginger Beer & Pineapple Juice just isn’t the same without dark rum!

This salad takes mere minutes to put together, but be sure to plan for soaking time. It takes about an hour in the refrigerator for the rum to really soak into the fruit. When serving, be sure to drizzle some of the extra rum and lime liquid over top of each portion so that your guests can get the full effect.

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Other recipes with watermelon:

Cookin’ Canuck’s Watermelon Limeade Vodka Cocktail
Floating Kitchen’s Melon Caprese Skewers with Herb Oil
Minimalist Baker’s Strawberry Chia Watermelon Smoothie
VeguKate’s Heirloom Tomato, Watermelon Fennel Salad

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it on Instagram! Just use the hashtag #COOKINCANUCK and I’ll be sure to find it.

Watermelon and Blueberry Mojito Salad

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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size	1 cup |
Amount Per Serving	As Served
Calories 77kcal Calories from fat 3
% Daily Value
Total Fat 0g	0%
Saturated Fat 0g	0%
Sodium 2mg	0%
Carbohydrate 16g	5%
Dietary Fiber 1g	4%
Sugars 13g
Protein 1g

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

	Calories	2000
Total Fat	Less than	65g
Sat Fat	Less than	25g
Cholesterol	Less than	300mg
Sodium	Less than	2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate		300g
Dietary Fiber		25g

Preparation 1 hour 10 mins

Total Time 1 hr 10 mins

Watermelon gets a little boozy in this delicious Watermelon and Blueberry Mojito Salad. The adults at your party will love you for this!

Serves Makes 5 cups     adjust servings

Ingredients

• 4 cups cubed watermelon
• 1 cup blueberries
• 2 tbsp thinly sliced mint
• 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
• 2 tbsp rum
• 2 tsp agave nectar

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, combine the watermelon, blueberries and mint.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together the lime juice, rum and agave nectar.
3. Stir the lime juice mixture into the watermelon mixture.
4. Refrigerate, covered, for 1 hour. Serve.

by From the kitchen of cookincanuck.com

Recipe Notes

Weight Watchers Points: 2 (Points+), 1 (Old Points)