WATERMELON FRUIT BOWL WITH HANDLE RECIPES

Steps:

• Take a sharp knife and slice a small thin piece off the bottom of your melon.
• This will allow the finished basket to sit flat on a plate or table without rolling.
• Next, take the tip of your knife (you can also use your pumpkin decorating tool out if you have one) or garnishing tool and score the watermelon in half, horizontally.
• Then mark a strip of about 1 1/2- 2" wide that will form the handle of your basket.
• If you have trouble seeing the score lines, you might want to try using a marker.
• Next, take your garnishing tool and start cutting around the melon on the lines.
• The garnishing tool naturally makes V shaped cuts, which makes doing a basket like this a breeze.
• If you do not have a garnishing tool, use a small knife and make the V cuts one side at a time.
• You could also forget the V and make straight cuts.
• To make separating the melon easier, and the finished product neater, turn your garnishing tool over, and go over the cuts in the opposite direction.
• Carefully separate the cut sides from the body of the watermelon.
• If you used a marking pen and there are any residual marks left, a handy way to get rid of them is to use a new emory board and gently sand them off.
• Take a melon baller and hollow out the inside of the watermelom.
• After removing all the edible parts, take a large spoon and gently scrape out the sides of your"basket".
• Be care not to scrape too thinly on the handle, as you want it to have some stability, even though you will never try to carry it this way.
• Mix the watermelon balls (or pieces, if you don't have a melon baller) with other ripe fresh fruits.
• To make the handle garnish, thinly slice lemons, limes or oranges and use a toothpick to affix them, along with a grape, melon ball or cherry, to the watermelon.
• Keep any extra fruit in a ziplock back and refill as it goes down!

Steps:

• With a sharp knife, cut a thin slice from bottom of melon so it sits flat. Lightly score a horizontal line halfway up sides and around the melon, leaving 5 in. from one end unmarked on each side for baby carriage hood., For hood, make another line around top of watermelon, connecting both sides of the horizontal line. Using the rounded edge of a biscuit cutter as a guide, mark a scalloped edge along all straight lines. With a long sharp knife, cut into melon along the scalloped lines, making sure to cut all the way through the melon rind. Gently pull off rind. Remove fruit from melon and removed section; cut fruit into balls or cubes and set aside., For the U-shaped handle, cut out a 5-in. square from the removed section of rind. Cut out the center and one end, leaving a 1-in.-wide handle. Break one toothpick in half. Attach handle to watermelon with toothpick halves., For wheels, position orange slices at base of watermelon and attach with toothpicks. To each orange slice with a lime slice and a red grape., In a large bowl, combine the cantaloupe, green grapes, strawberries, remaining red grapes and reserved watermelon. Spoon into baby carriage. Serve with poppy seed salad dressing.