This year my husband has changed what he eats and therefore didn't want a cake at all. Unheard of. So I thought he still needed something and surely I could think of something healthy.
That's when I remembered those awesome yummy looking fruit bouquets. Perfect.
I bought a bunch of fruit: strawberries, apples, kiwis, grapes, a pineapple, & a cantaloupe. I threw in some marshmallows and chocolate chips just in case someone wanted a little something sweet i.e. the kids or me.
You'll also need skewers, leafy lettuce, stirofoam, and vase/pot/bowl or something to hold it all in.
It was fairly simple.
The cantaloupe:
I sliced this in longer pieces to go vertical on the skewers. I also cut out little half circles for the center of the pineapple flowers.
The pineapple:
I cut it in slices. Be careful not to make them too thick, about as thick as the cookie cutter you want to use. Center your cookie cutter on one of the slices and press firmly. Stick the skewer straight in the middle of the flower with a little poking out the other side to put the circle of cantaloupe on it, but don't let it stick out of the cantaloupe. Other shapes like hearts or stars are cute too.
The strawberries:
I dipped some of them in chocolate and others I left plain. Put them on the end of a skewer.
Slide about 5 grapes on a skewer. Don't slide the skewer all the way through the last grape, to hide the the point.
I used a big soup bowl I already had to hold it all. I put a block of stirofoam wrapped in seran wrap in the bottom and laid in the lettuce. Then I just started sticking the skewers in at different angles.
I ended up not using apples or kiwis. I thought I had enough for my bouquet without them.
If I do this again, I'll make a more compact bouquet and make sure you can't see the skewers at all. I think that's what the "professionals" do different than what I did. They also make the bouquet not quite as tall.
Pretty healthy and very yummy.
