Adam’s Berry Fruit Salad

My son Adam, age 8, is a guest blogger today. He’s sharing his recipe for berry fruit salad

I like making a lot of things with my mom. Sometimes I pick what we will make. Most of the time we decide together. But sometimes one decides for the other and sometimes the opposite. The biggest reason I make them is because I enjoy it. I don’t like any berry alone, but I like them all together.

Ingredients

1 cup blueberries.

1 cup strawberries.

1 cup blackberries.

1 cup raspberries.

All berries go in, we wrote the berries we remember.

1 banana (optional)

Instructions

1. Wash berries and let them dry.

2. Slice the banana if using.

3. Put all berries in a big bowl, add banana if using.

4. Mix well, but gently.

5. Let the salad sit for a minute… then eat it

It’s the only salad I like.

Cherries are optional too.

It’s vegan!

I hope you like it.

Jessica Apple

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Jessica Apple

Jessica Apple grew up in Houston. She studied Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan, and completed an MA in the same field at the Hebrew University. She began to write and publish short stories while a student, and continues to write essays and fiction while raising her three sons (and many pets). Jessica’s work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Financial Times Magazine, The Southern Review, The Bellevue Literary Review, Tablet Magazine, and elsewhere. She is the diabetes correspondent for The Faster Times. In 2009 she and her husband, both type 1 diabetics, founded A Sweet Life, where she serves as editor-in-chief. Jessica loves spending time with her sons, cooking with her husband, playing with her cats, reading, biking, drinking coffee, and whenever possible, taking a nap. Follow Jessica on Twitter (@jessapple)