For Dayle's Simple Pleasures Party: Fruit, Beautiful Fruit!

Fruit is colorful, tasty, and easy on the waistline. It is a true simple pleasure of life.

Artistically arranged, it can also be a dramatic addition to a buffet table.

In the fruit tray shown above, there are two kinds of grapes and each got an individual crystal dish.  Then, there are chunks of mango. This time, they came from Brazil. Sometimes they are from Mexico, Nicaragua,  or Peru.  Mango is a delicious fruit with a rather exotic taste.

There are also fresh raspberries and strawberries on the fruit tray shown.

A dip of cream cheese, lemon juice, and honey could be served with the fruit but it tastes good plain, too. Due to calorie cutting, the platter above was served sans dippy.

Also in the photos, a couple of "firecracker" toothpicks added an extra touch of pizazz.  I had asked my husband if he had any toothpicks and when he handed me a package of those fancy doodads, I just about cracked up! 

Next time you are asked to bring something to a potluck, why not opt for one of life's simple pleasures-----fruit!

WHAT IS YOUR VERY FAVORITE FRUIT?

Be sure to visit Dayle's blog, A Collection of This and That, http://alittleofthisandthat2.blogspot.com/ and check out all the other simple pleasures? Her blog button is in the sidebar, too!