Fruit Flower Garden

Name: Fruit Flower Garden
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 fruit flower garden.
Ingredients: Fresh parsley sprigs; Fresh strawberries; Sliced fresh honeydew melon, pineapple and kiwi; Seedless red grapes, halved; ANTS:; Seedless red grapes; Pretzel sticks; Dried currants; GARNISHES:; Orange slices; Orange peel strips

Spruce up any summer activity or party with a surprisingly easy fruit platter that's as good to look at as it is to eat! In about 30 minutes, you can make this centerpiece that'll wow guests so much, they'll all be asking for your secrets! Simple & Delicious Test Kitchen

Ingredients

Fresh parsley sprigs
Fresh strawberries
Sliced fresh honeydew melon, pineapple and kiwi
Seedless red grapes, halved
ANTS:
Seedless red grapes
Pretzel sticks
Dried currants
GARNISHES:
Orange slices
Orange peel strips

Directions

Line a large serving platter with parsley. With a small sharp knife, cut a strawberry vertically toward the cap. Repeat, cutting to form petals resembling a rose. Repeat with remaining berries.
Using cookie cutters, cut honeydew, pineapple and kiwi into desired shapes. Decorate with grape halves as desired.
For ants, skewer three grapes with a pretzel stick. With a small sharp knife, cut two small holes in a grape for eyes; insert currants. Arrange three pretzel sticks on the platter for legs; top with an ant body. Repeat as desired.
Decorate platter with berry roses, fruit cutouts, ants, orange slices and peel.

Originally published as Fruit Flower Garden in Simple & Delicious May/June 2009