Photos: National Watermelon Promotion Board except for number 4: The Party Dress magazine
I was happy to share my summer entertaining tips for the 2012 awareness campaign of the National Watermelon Promotion Board in Canada. Since the refreshing watermelons are available all summer long, I feel that watermelon is the fruit of summer.
If you are looking for more ways to serve watermelon to your guests this summer, you will find many more recipes at the National Watermelon Promotion Board Website. I compiled my top 5.
- My number 1. Another way to serve the Spiked Melon Balls would be on a lollipop. Serve the lollipops speared into a wheatgrass bed or onto a watermelon.
- My number 2. If you host a brunch on a hot summer day, replace the classic by the more refreshing Watermelon Mimosa. To make watermelon juice, you simply need to blend cubed watermelon and strain it through a sieve. Try it with a light Champagne.
- My number 3. Finish a grown up dinner with this lovely Watermelon Lavender Granita that contains a hint of vodka. Use watermelon or citrus flavoured vodka to enhance the flavour.
- My number 4. I found my fourth choice on The Party Dress magazine. They got me with the stylish food presentation of their watermelon appetizer with feta and basil. The recipe is a mix between a caprese salad and a Mediterranean Watermelon Salad.
My last recipe idea is a twist on the tacos.
- My number 5. For a summer picnic with family and friends, impress the crowd with some delicious Jamaican Rock Lobster Tacos wrapped in parchment paper and tied with twine. I would probably prepare my tacos with seasonal clawed lobsters since they are a local product for me.
Writing this post made me hungry. I will pour myself a glass of my watermelon and mint spa water while I cook dinner.
Note: I wrote this post on my free will; it is a not part of the program that I did for the National Watermelon Promotion Board in Canada.
