{"id":4936,"date":"2014-02-22T17:55:12","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T17:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=4936"},"modified":"2014-02-22T17:55:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-22T17:55:12","slug":"rainbow-fruit-kebob-with-a-watermelon-grill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4936","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Fruit Kebob with a Watermelon Grill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we were in LA last week, we shot a video with Don Monopoli from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningstationmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> The Learning Station<\/a>, who is a very talented children&#8217;s entertainer.\u00a0 You&#8217;re probably thinking, how can a food based channel and a kids music channel doing a collab together?\u00a0 You put a Kindergarten teacher into the mix!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I first discovered The Learning Station a number of years ago while looking for fun songs to sing and dance to in my class.\u00a0 I had a couple of CD&#8217;s and subscribed to their channel when they started up on YouTube, so when I found out that Don was going to be in the same program we were in LA, I knew we had to do a collab.\u00a0 The kids in my class LOVE watching The Learning Station videos and LOVE dancing to the songs.\u00a0 They wave at Don every time the intro plays and let out a big &#8220;HI DON!&#8221; and wave to him excitedly.\u00a0 One of the girls really likes him as she thinks he&#8217;s &#8220;handsome&#8221;!\u00a0 If you have young kids, this is the BEST channel to subscribe to!\u00a0 Together with his wife Laurie, Don has created award winning songs, CD&#8217;s and travels all around doing live performances!<\/p>\n<p>For our videos together, we decided to do a Rainbow Fruit Kebob on our channel and the Fruit and Veggie Hokey Pokey on Don&#8217;s channel.\u00a0 Since we were in LA, I wanted to use the fresh fruit that is available all year round there.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a nice healthy change from the regular treats on our channel, but I definitely won&#8217;t be sticking with it, sorry for those of you who are more health conscious!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u8tNoSTucYE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Fruit Kebab<\/strong><\/span><br \/>You will need a variety of colourful fruit, ideally ones that can be cut using small fondant cutters. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some ideas for the different coloured fruits are:<br \/>red- watermelon, strawberries, <br \/>orange- cantaloupe, oranges, peach, <br \/>yellow- pineapple, pears<br \/>green- kiwi, honeydew melon,<br \/>blue- blueberries, blackberries, <br \/>purple- blackberries, grapes<\/p>\n<p>You will also need:<\/p>\n<p>wooden skewers<br \/>small fondant cutters<\/p>\n<p>To assemble the fruit kebobs, slice fruit up as desired, and cut out any shape from the melons using the small cutters.\u00a0 Starting with the red fruit, slide it onto the wooden skewer, leaving about an inch from the end.\u00a0 Next, slide the orange fruit on, then the yellow, green, blue and finishing with the purple.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2508blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4954\" title=\"Rainbow Fruit Kebobs with a Watermelon Grill\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2508blog.jpg\" alt=\"Rainbow Fruit Kebobs with a Watermelon Grill\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2508blog.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2508blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Watermelon Grill<\/strong><\/span><br \/>small round watermelon,<br \/>wooden skewers, <br \/>celery, <br \/>blackberries,<br \/>clippers<\/p>\n<p>To assemble the Watermelon grill, slice the watermelon in half, and you must first core out the watermelon leaving only a small thin layer of red fruit behind.\u00a0 You can use this for the fruit kebobs! Carefully carve out three or four small holes in the bottom of the watermelon half.\u00a0 Into these holes, insert celery sticks for legs to support the grill. Turn watermelon half back over and ensure that legs are supporting the grill.\u00a0 Place some blackberries in the bottom of the watermelon for the briquettes, and then insert wooden skewers about 1\/4 of an inch from the top of the watermelon, making the &#8220;grilling&#8221; surface. Push the wooden skewers across the opening of the watermelon and insert into the opposite side.\u00a0 Using a knife or clippers, clip the excess skewers off.\u00a0 Place kebobs onto the grill and serve immediately!<\/p>\n<p>Remember to check out Don&#8217;s video, and see me dancing the Fruit and Veggie Hokey Pokey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0YxD2tsvCWQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4936\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4936\" data-text=\"Rainbow Fruit Kebob with a Watermelon Grill\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" 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