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Firecracker Fruit Salad in a Watermelon Bowl

Celebrate the 4th of July with a traditional summer-time watermelon fruit salad. Use the watermelon as a serving bowl or carved watermelon basket and you won’t have to worry about clean up. You can add even more sparkle to your fruit bowl by adding watermelon stars. This is a great watermelon fruit salad recipe for your next 4th of July or Memorial Day get-together!

Ingredients

  • 1 medium to large whole watermelon
  • 1 pint fresh blueberries
  • 3 bananas
  • Lemon juice
  • Wooden skewers

Instructions

  • Choose a medium to large seedless watermelon to create your bowl.
  • Slice the watermelon lengthways down the middle all the way through with a long knife. 
  • Scoop out the watermelon into another bowl. 
  • Make diagonal cuts around the rim of the watermelon to make a decorative edge. This will jazz up your carved watermelon bowl.
  • Slice the other half of the watermelon into thin slices. The same thickness as your star cookie cutter.
  • Cut out star shaped watermelon pieces using a star cookie cutter!
  • Place watermelon stars on wooden skewer
  • Spear watermelon stars onto a wooden skewer. Cut skewers to different lengths for varying levels of height. Make as many stars on a stick that you wish.
  • Place fruit stars in fruit bowl
  • Push the skewers into the bottom of the watermelon bowl.
  • Refill the bowl with blueberries and bananas.
  • Return the watermelon you scooped out to the watermelon bowl. For a red, white and blue theme add blueberries and bananas.
  • Helpful note: Dip bananas in lemon juice to prevent browning.
  • Add any remaining watermelon stars to the top of the salad. Now you have a delicious fruit salad with watermelon in a hand carved watermelon bowl.