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Reusing Fruit Skins - Tip of the Day

by Monika Bartyzel, Posted Jun 19th 2009 @ 9:00AM

We all try to do our part for the environment, but before you toss those fruit skins in the green bin, there's one last thing they can be used for: dessert bowls!


A delicious orange. Photo: seeks2dream-Busy for a while!/Flickr
We've all seen sweet salads in hollowed watermelons, but that's only the tip of the fruit bowl universe. Lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruit, pineapple, melon -- any fruit that has a tough skin can be used to make a gorgeous dessert bowl for your summer treat. Here are some of our favorite incarnations:

Filed Under: Tip of the Day
Tags: creative plating, CreativePlating, fruit, fruit bowls, FruitBowls

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