Reader Recipe: Super Simple Fruit Ring

Welcome to my very first Reader Recipe! I'm excited to share this recipe with you, because it was the very first submission that I received and it sounds extremely unique, yummy, healthy, and EASY (yay!).

This recipe comes to us from Mariana Diez, of the blog Joyful Living, and I love it because it has only 3 ingredients and involves no cooking (my kind of recipe, haha)...

Ingredients: 

• 1 medium jicama
  
• 3 cucumbers
• 1/2 of a pineapple

Directions: 

1. Shred the jicama, cucumber and pineapple (you can use a knife to slice into very small, thin pieces, or use a cheese grater). 
2. Layer all of the ingredients in a ring shaped bowl: Place the pineapple into the bottom of the bowl, then add a layer of cucumber, and finish with the jicama (this will allow for a strong base).  Press each layer down as you go, to ensure that they take the shape of the bowl. 
3. Flip the bowl onto a plate. {Bonus points for putting it on a pretty plate, like Mariana did!}
4. Serve as a side salad or snack. 

Mariana also shared that you can substitute other fruits, if you prefer. I would love to try it with some thinly sliced apples (surprise, surprise...)--maybe in place of the jicama? 

Enjoy! You can connect with Mariana via Facebook and/or by checking out her blog.

If you'd like to share a recipe with the Starr Struck community, the submission guidelines are below:

[Call for healthy recipes: I need your help! Do you have a favorite healthy recipe that you would like to share with my readers? Something quick + easy that you don't have to be a Master Chef to prepare? If so, please send it my way! To submit your recipe, email me the ingredients and directions with at least 1 picture of the cooking process/final product (more pics welcome/encouraged!). When I post your recipe I will also share your name and and links to your personal blog/website/social media accounts, so that you guys can get to know each other. ]

A big thanks to everyone who has submitted a recipe thus far! They all look amazing and I'm excited to share them in the coming months...