cantaloupe

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    Orange Dessert Fondue

    1 cup sugar 3 tbsp. cornstarch 1/4 tsp. salt 1 cup orange juice 1/4 cup lemon juice 1/4 cup hot water 1 tbsp. butter or margarine 1 tsp. each grated orange and lemon peel Dippers (below) In saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Slowly stir in orange and lemon juice and water. Heat to...
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    Quick Lemon Fondue

    Blend 1 pkg. Betty Crocker lemon frosting mix, 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp. hot water and 2 tbsp. corn syrup; beat until smooth. Pour into dessert fondue pot to heat. Spear Dippers (below) and swirl in fondue. 2 cups Dippers: Day-old gingerbread squares, cream cheese squares rolled in toasted sesame...
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    Sparkiling Melon Compote

    Scoop balls from 1/2 cantaloupe and 1/2 honeydew melon with ball cutter or 1/2 tsp. measuring spoon. To serve, divide melon balls among 4 dessert dishes. Top each with 1 scoop lime sherbet; pour about 1/2 cup chilled sparkling catawba grape juice or ginger ale over sherbet. 4 servings
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    Fruit-Limeade Frost

    Pour 1 can (6oz) frozen limeade concentrate, thawed, over fresh fruit (watermelon or cantaloupe balls, pineapple wedges, peach slices, banana slices) in bowl. Cover; chill 2 hours. To serve, spoon into chilled dessert dishes. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
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    Melon Boat Salads

    Cut a ripe honeydew melon or cantaloupe in half; scoop out seeds and fibers. Cut each half lengthwise into 4 wedges; arrange about 1/4 cup strawberries, cherries, watermelon balls, seedless green grapes or other fruits in each wedge. 4 servings (55 calories each)
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    Polka-Dot Melons

    Cut a ripe cantaloupe in half; scoop out seeds and fibers. Cut each half lengthwise into wedges. With ball cutter, cut balls from wedges; replace with balls cut from watermelon. 2 servings (60 calories each)
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    Chilled Kabobs

    Alternate 1/2" cubes salami (about 1/2 lb), 3/4" cubes cantaloupe (1/2 small melon), and 48 pickled mushroom caps (about 6 oz) on bamboo skewers. Cover; chill until serving time. 24 appetizers (35 calories each)
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    Melon Coolers

    Use 2-3 cups of peeled and seeded cantaloupe or watermelon cut in cubes 3-4 Tbsp of sugar 2-3 tbsp. lime juice 2 cups water and Ice to chill. In a blender puree fruit season to taste with the sugar and lime juice combine fruit mixture with water in a large pitcher strain if desired to eliminate...
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    TNT Melon balls with lime and honey

    This is beautiful served in a crystal pedastal bowl Served icy cold it is refreshing and lovely. Cut 1 med. Crenshaw or Honeydew in half then scoop into balls. Mix with 1 large cantaloupe with 2 tab. of lime juice and 2 tab. of honey 1/4 tea of ground coriander 1/4 tea of nutmeg top with fresh...
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    Chicken And Grape Salad

    We really enjoy this it can be a refreshing luncheon with some crusty warm rolls or goes with grilled chops or sausages. You can place this in lettuce leaves, I like to hollow out the halves of a good sized cantaloupe, mixing the fruit from inside with the 5 c. of diced chicken,1 c. of sliced...
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    Basil Jicama Fruit Salad

    Yield: 6 Servings Ingredients: * 1 c Grapes red seedless * 1 c Grapes green seedless * 1 c Cantaloupe honeydew or -mango; cubed * 1 c Pineapple chunks fresh * 1 Orange; peeled sliced and -quartered * 1 Nectarine; cubed * 1/2 c Strawberries; halved * 1/2 c...
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    Melon With Prawns & Strawberries

    Yield: 4 Servings Ingredients: * 1/2 Medium-size avocado * 1/2 ts Lemon juice * 1 Medium-size ripe seasonal -melon (i.e. ogen -cantaloupe or honeydew) * 1 Celery heart chopped * 4 oz Strawberries hulled and -sliced * 8 oz Cooked peeled prawns -(thawed if frozen) * 2...
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    Watercress Melon & Almond Salad

    Yield: 4 Servings Ingredients: * 3 tb Fresh lime juice * 1 ts Sugar * 1 ts Fresh ginger root -- minced Peeled * 1/4 c Vegetable oil * 10 oz Watercress sprigs * 2 1/2 c Watermelon -- cut in 1/2" Pieces * 2 1/2 c Cantaloupe -- cut in 1/2" Pieces * 1/3 c Sliced...
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    Melon Cocktail

    1 cup pineapple juice 250 mL 1 cup diced cantaloupe, or other melon 250 mL 1 tbsp lemon juice 15 mL Have ingredients very cold and blend until melon is liquefied. Pour into glasses. Garnish with fresh mint. Chef's Note So delicious!
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    Ping pong bols

    1.5 oz. White Wine 2 oz. Sprite 1 oz. Midori Melon Liqueur Build over ice , stir , add both honeydew and cantaloupe melon balls.
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    Muskmelon

    1 1/4 oz. Myer's Dark Rum 1/4 cup Lime Juice 1/2 oz. Orange Juice 1/2 oz. Sugar Combine ingredients in blender with 1/3 cup of crushed ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into an old fashioned glass over ice cubes. Garnish with a piece of cantaloupe.
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    Banana Cantaloupe Smoothie

    1/2 sliced, Cantaloupe with skin 1 peeled Banana Juice cantaloupe, pour juice into blender, add banana, and liquefy.
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    Fruit Pizza

    Crust- 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 cup margarine, softened 2 cups flour Citrus Topping- 1 cup pineapple juice 2 Tbls. cornstarch 1/2 cup sugar 1 Tbls. lemon juice Sauce- 8oz. cream cheese 1/3 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla Toppings- blueberries, pineapple, strawberries, cantaloupe, cherries, honeydew...
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    Summer Seabreeze Catalina

    Citrus Yogurt Cream Hippenmasse Strawberry Sauce OTHER INGREDIENTS 24 cantaloupe wedges, pared kirsch, as needed tempered semisweet chocolate, as needed 18 raspberries TO SERVE Place cantaloupe wedges and kirsch in glass dish. Cover; refrigerate to allow flavors to develop. Place...
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    Sake Lime Melon in Citrus Midori

    4 oz. Midori liqueur 1/4 oz. lime zest 6 watermelon balls 6 honeydew balls 6 cantaloupe balls Combine liqueur and lime zest; add remaining ingredients. Let stand for 12 to 15 minutes. TO SERVE Arrange 1 of each type of melon ball in glass serving dish; place on plate. Spoon small ribbon of...
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