Watermelon Baby Carriage Recipe

Watermelon Baby Carriage Recipe
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75% would make again

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

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  • 20-24 Servings
  • Prep/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 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.

Watermelon Baby Carriage published in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2002, p198

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Watermelon Baby Carriage Recipe

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Reviewed on Aug. 07, 2009 by cdstine

I made this for my sister-in-law's baby shower. It was a HUGE hit.

A little tricky to get the melon out of the shell, but worth the effort.

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