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Watermelon Baby Carriage

This fruit-filled carriage was made for my daughter's baby shower and was a huge hit. Fill it with any fruit you fancy and serve purchased poppy seed dressing alongside if you desire. —Angie Schaff, St. Anthony, North Dakota

20-24 ServingsPrep/Total Time: 30 min.

Ingredients

1 medium watermelon
5 toothpicks
4 orange slices
4 lime slices
2 cups seedless red grapes, divided
1 medium cantaloupe, cut into balls or
2 cups seedless green grapes
2 cups halved fresh strawberries
Poppy seed salad dressing

Directions

With a sharp knife, cut a thin slice from bottom of melon 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

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Watermelon Baby Carriage (continued)

Directions (continued)

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. Yield: 20-24
servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 cup) equals 91 calories, 1 g fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 6 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 2 g protein.