Recipe : Mojito Marinated Fruit

If you've read my other recipe posts, you know by now that I have a tendency to modify recipes...a lot.

This is one that I only made a small tweak to.  From the Taste of Home Cooking School magazine.

Cut up/ball 2 cups each cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon and pineapple.

In a small saucepan, combine 2/3 c sugar, 1/3 c water, and 3 sprigs of mint.  Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.  Remove from heat.  

Stir in:

2 tbsp lime juice

1 tsp grated lime peel

1/2 c light rum

Completely cool mixture.

Combine all fruits in a large bowl.  Remove mint from liquid, then poor over the top of the fruit.  Toss to coat.  Cover and refrigerate overnight.