MELON BOWL

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Another cool and refreshing way to serve your holiday fruit salad.You can make it with a tangy citrus dressing or with a creamy cream cheese sauce, just with icy cold 7UP poured over top, or a scoop of ice cream or sherbet. For a party use 2 or 3 melons cut in half and make different toppings, and let guests choose their own...

Provided by Pat Duran

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 22

Ingredients

2 or 3 muskmelon or honeydew, cut in 1/2, seeded
WHAT YOU WILL NEED FOR FILLING MELON CAVITY-OPTIONS
seedless red, green and purple grapes
pineapple chunks, fresh
watermelon bite size pieces
honeydew melon bite size pieces
muskmelon bite size pieces
apples ,any color skin on,cut in bite size pieces
CREAM CHEESE DRESSING
10 oz thawed whipped topping
3 oz pkg. cream cheese, very soft
beat together ingredients until well blended. set bowl over ice cubes or ice pack.
FRENCH DRESSING
1/4 c french dressing
1 c mayonnaise
combine the 2 and blend well. set in bowl over ice.
CHEESECAKE DRESSING
3 oz pkg. cook and serve cheesecake pudding and pie filling
1 c pineapple juice
in a saucepan add the pineapple juice and the pudding mix dry. stir to combine. cook until thickened. let cool slightly. place in serving bowl over ice.
SODA POP DRESSING
combine equal amounts of soda pop and fruit juice and drizzle over salad.

Steps:

1. Melon Bowls: Cut melons in 1/2 using a zig-zag cut or a round petal cut. Remove seeds and strings. Remove melon from each 1/2 and cut into bite size pieces or into melon balls.Place fruit pieces and other fruit in a large bowl and drizzle with the soda pop mixture. Fill melon 1/2's with mixed fruit. Cover and chill until party time.
2. Set melons out on tray with dressing so guests can choose their own or just make the one you like and drizzle over fruit or let guests do their own drizzling.

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