A Watermelon Fruit Basket is a delicious, fresh side dish that suits any summer BBQ or picnic. The combination of sweet and juicy seasonal fruits brings summer to your plate.

A photo from above of a melon, hollowed out and filled with grapes, melon and cherries

Summer Salad for BBQ or Picnic

I love watermelon; it's so sweet and juicy. With the arrival of seedless watermelon, it has become an absolute summer favorite—and even easier to make.

For a BBQ or Picnic, I usually make a melon salad, sometimes just cut into cubes, but you can also present a fruit salad in a creative way, like here.

Juicy Watermelon with Fresh Summer Fruit

You hollow out the watermelon, and I mix juicy cherries (without stones), grapes, Galia melon, and watermelon in a bowl. Make sure you cut off a thin slice of the watermelon so that it is more stable on the table. You can make the salad a few hours in advance and store it in the refrigerator until use (because it tastes even better when it's cool).

Half a bowl of watermelon filled with fresh fruit

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Watermelon Fruit Basket

Andréa

A Watermelon Fruit Basket is a delicious, fresh side dish that suits any summer BBQ or picnic. The combination of sweet and juicy seasonal fruits brings summer to your plate.

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Cook Time 15

Total Time 15

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine Other

Servings persons

Calories 210 kcal

Ingredients

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Instructions

Hollow the watermelon by cutting cubes from the flesh with a knife. Keep the beautiful pieces separately (and the remainder—yeah, I admit I eat them all).
½ watermelon
Wash the cherries and grapes well and ensure they are as dry as possible.
½ cup cherries, ½ grams grapes
Pit the cherries.
Remove the seeds from the Galia melon and cut into small cubes.
¼ galia melon
Mix the watermelon cubes, cherries, grapes, and Galia melon in a bowl.
Spoon the melon fruit salad in the watermelon basket.
Tear the mint into small pieces and scatter over the watermelon.
10 fresh mint leaves

Notes

1. Also tasty:

Vary with fruit: Strawberries, pineapple, peach, and kiwi go well with this salad.
Herbs: Mint leaves are delicious with this, but also try lemon balm or basil, which are tasty with the fruit salad.

2. Storage

The stuffed melon with fruit salad is best served the same day, but it can be refrigerated for a day. The salad can also be made in advance and stored in the refrigerator until ready to use.

Nutrition

Calories: 210kcalCarbohydrates: 53gProtein: 4gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 21mgFiber: 3gSugar: 44gVitamin A: 3358IUVitamin C: 62mgIron: 2mg

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