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watermelon salad grill

Watermelon Fruit Salad Grill

When you think of summertime you think BBQ's, get together with friends and family. And that means FOOD! Lots of food, fruit salads are great to bring to BBQ's but what if the fruit salad was shaped like a BBQ Grill?
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Building Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dinner, Salad, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 81 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Shish Kabob Skewers
  • 1 Large cutting board
  • 1 Large Knife
  • 1 Collander
  • Medium mixing bowls
  • 1 Medium flat container or match the size to your fruit kabob skewers but medium should work.
  • Plastic wrap
  • toothpicks

Ingredients
  

  • 1 small Watermelon whole
  • ½ cup Blackberries
  • ½ cup Raspberries
  • seasonal assorted fruit of your choice
  • 4 stalks Celery firm and fresh. 2 you will use and 2 will be cut for back up. You can't have a grill without legs!

Instructions
 

Watermelon Grill Prep

  • Rinse and cut watermelon in half along the horizon.
    1 small Watermelon
  • Gut out both sides of the watermelon making sure to leave enough to cut into cubes for your kabobs.
    1 small Watermelon
  • Make 4 holes on the bottom half of the watermelon
    1 small Watermelon
  • Cut a piece of the rind from the lid portion about ¼-½" thick. You will be using this to make a handle
    1 small Watermelon
  • Clean and cut celery in half. You should have a total of 8 celery sticks. 4 to use and 4 to have as back up. You can't have a grill without legs.
    4 stalks Celery

Fruit Prep

  • Rinse blackberries and raspberries and set aside
    ½ cup Blackberries, ½ cup Raspberries
  • Rinse and cut your assorted seasonal fruit
    seasonal assorted fruit of your choice
  • Cut each fruit into squares and place on the kabob skewers. (For more of a "grill" effect depending on the type of fruit you chose, you can place the fruit kabobs on the grill for a few seconds to get the "grill lines")
  • Put fruit kabobs on plate, or in a storage container, cover and put in refrigerator until ready to assemble and serve
  • Now dump the blackberries and raspberries in the bottom half of the watermelon, cover with plastic wrap and put in refrigerator until ready to assemble and serve.

Assembly of Watermelon Grill

  • Now you will need 6-8 shish kabob skewers for the actual grill portion. (This may vary depending on the actual width of your medium watermelon.)
  • Poke each stick through the top of the grill base just slightly below the rim. (Make sure you are not going to close to the top as it will break through the rind and will not give you a sturdy grill base)
  • Once you have each stick pushed through using kitchen shears or a sharp knife cut the ends of the sticks to make flesh with the watermelon
    1 small Watermelon
  • Now you are ready to put in the celery stalks for the legs. 4 to use now and 4 to have as back up. You can't have a grill without legs.
    4 stalks Celery
  • For the grill handle, you will need to cut the extra rind you took off the top portion into a half circle shape.
  • Take two toothpicks or you can use the extra shish kabob sticks if they are long enough and place them in each end of the half circle and place on top of the lid for your grill handle.
  • Now you can leave the grill top just as an extra piece and lie it next to the grill base for presentation or you can attach it to top of the base piece and make it look like it's hanging.*
  • To make it look like your grill lid is hanging you will need two more kabob sticks. One will need to be longer than the other so your lid will tilt a little.
  • Cut the kabob sticks to your desired length and place them standing up into the rind of the bottom portion of your grill.
  • Now you are ready to place your grill lid.

Assembly on the GO!

  • If you are traveling, it is best to follow the instructions above, take the pieces with you separately. DO NOT put the celery stalk legs in until you have reached your destination. This is to make sure they do not break. Make sure you packed your extra celery stalks for back up.
  • Once you have reached your destination, start assembling your grill.

Presentation

  • Now with your grill completely assembled you are ready to place your Fruit Kabobs on the grill surface.

Notes

Optional
For an adult version try soaking your fruit of choice overnight in some of these great liquors.

Nutrition

Calories: 81kcal
Keyword Desserts, fruit bowls, fruit salad, Holidays, salads, watermelon fruit salad bow, watermelon fruit salad grill
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