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Red, White and Blue Bites

Prep 10 min
Total 10 min
Servings 24

Juicy watermelon and blueberries, sweet basil and salty feta come together in this easy, tasty no-bake appetizer. ...MORE+ LESS-

Girl Versus Dough

September 20, 2016

Ingredients

(8 oz) packages chunk feta cheese

small watermelon

blueberries

toothpicks

fresh basil leaves

Steps

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1

Use a melon baller or small cookie scoop to carefully scoop about 24 (1-inch) balls of feta cheese from each block/chunk.
2

Use a clean melon baller to scoop approximately 48 (1-inch) balls from the watermelon.
3

Skewer a blueberry on the end of each toothpick, then add a watermelon ball. Skewer a folded or rolled-up whole basil leaf (or part of a larger basil leaf), then a feta ball. Add another basil leaf, another watermelon ball and another blueberry. Repeat with each toothpick.
4

Serve immediately.

Expert Tips

Serve appetizers with a balsamic reduction on the side or drizzled over the top.
Sprinkle a little sea salt on the appetizers just before serving to bring out the flavor of the watermelon.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 60
Calories from Fat: 35

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 4g; 6%
Saturated Fat 3g 14% Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol: 15mg; 6%
Sodium: 170mg; 7%
Potassium: 45mg; 1%
Total Carbohydrate: 3g; 1%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 3g
Protein: 3g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 6%; 6%
Vitamin C: 4%; 4%
Calcium: 10%; 10%
Iron: 0%; 0%

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

Cute, easy and 4th of July ready.

Drop everything. Stop doing whatever you’re doing and make these Red, White and Blue Bites. It’s that important because these babies are BOMB.

They’re also insanely easy to make. Like, I feel silly even giving you a recipe for this. But I will, because there is a method to the skewering. There is not, however, a method to eating them. Unless you count shoveling as a method—because that’s the route I took straight to my mouth when I made these refreshing, easy, no-bake appetizers.

In addition to shoveling in one’s mouth, they also happen to be great for summer outdoor food festivities such as picnics and potlucks and gatherings around the campfire singing “Kumbaya” – if that’s a thing you do. Ahem.

ANYWAY, let’s make some no-bake bites!

To start, you’ll need a couple of blocks of salty feta cheese. Use a melon baller or a very small cookie scoop to scoop out 1-inch balls of feta from the blocks.

Next, use a melon baller to scoop out 1-inch balls of watermelon. So fancy!

You’ll also need fresh blueberries and basil leaves, so be sure to have those on hand.

To make the appetizers, skewer a blueberry onto a toothpick, then add a watermelon ball. Add a small basil leaf, folded or rolled-up (or a torn/chopped part of a larger basil leaf) to the toothpick, then add a feta ball. Add another watermelon ball and a blueberry. And that’s it! Repeat until all the feta and watermelon is used up.

These are so patriotic and fun and easy and tasty and refreshing and sweet and salty and flavorful and really, I could go on and on about them but I think it’s in all of our best interests at this point to do as I said before…

Drop everything and make these bomb bites! Eating them whilst singing “Kumbaya” is optional. Perhaps the Pledge of Allegiance is better?