Watermelon Basket Fruit Salad Recipe

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Watermelon Basket Fruit Salad
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Ingredients
9
Count
Nutrition
526
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Wash and dry all the fruit.
  2. With a large veggie peeler/melon carver cut the top third of the watermelon off making a decorative edge of either scallops or peaks. (I wish I had premium so I could post pix). When I was a kid I drew my decorative edge on the melon and carved it with a boning knife but it is faster and easier if you get a tool designed for carving. Scoop the melon out with a small cookie scoop and set aside.
  3. Cut the cantaloupe into 8ths and cut the rind off. With the french fry blade of your food processor, shred the cantaloupe and set aside. I learned this from Greg Patton host of Pattonly Cooking sponsored by Cuisinart.
  4. Cut the honeydew in half and seed it. With a melon baller make itty bitty balls and set aside. You can cheat and slice this in your food processer on the thickest blade.
  5. Cut the pineapple into 8ths and core it. Cut into chunks and set aside.
  6. Mix melons and pineapples together in a large bowl.
  7. Quarter the strawberries and mix with the remaining berries and grapes. Do not mix in the raspberries or they will be pulverized.
  8. Layer the fruits in the watermelon basket, first a layer of the melons and pineapple, then the berries then some raspberries. Save most of the raspberries for the top layer. Continue layering until your melon basket is full and save the remaining fruit in a baggie so you can re-fill the melon basket.
  9. That's all there is to it! You can carve handles on your basket or leave it open which works better on a buffet as it is easier to access the fruit.
  10. To make it extra fancy whip up an egg white and dip clusters of grapes in it, then roll in superfine sugar and let dry on waxed paper. Secure the little grape clusters in the edging of the melon basket with a toothpick. I did this for my mother once when she had her lady friends over and it really wowed them as a centerpiece.
  11. Hope you try this! Have fun doing it with your kids.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 525.86 Kcal (2202 kJ)
Calories from fat 3.51 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.39g 1%
Sodium 58mg 2%
Potassium 2182.05mg 46%
Total Carbs 135.91g 45%
Sugars 103.13g 413%
Dietary Fiber 8.67g 35%
Protein 16.03g 32%
Vitamin C 234.8mg 391%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Calcium 128.4mg 13%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 32.79 Kcal (137 kJ)
Calories from fat 0.22 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.02g 1%
Sodium 3.62mg 2%
Potassium 136.08mg 46%
Total Carbs 8.48g 45%
Sugars 6.43g 413%
Dietary Fiber 0.54g 35%
Protein 1g 32%
Vitamin C 14.6mg 391%
Calcium 8mg 13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.7
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low calorie,
  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • cholesterol free

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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