The Easiest Watermelon Snack Ever!

10 Sep

Thanks to my beloved, handy-dandy, double-sided melon baller from Pampered Chef (the other end hulls strawberries and cores tomatoes) my big first-grader now has a new favorite way to snack. He just pulls a quartered watermelon out of the fridge, sets it down in front of himself on a napkin and starts cutting in. He sometimes makes many at a time and puts them in a bowl and sometimes just pops them directly as he scoops them. Independence never tasted better, nor made a mother happier….

Little hands can easily manage this task.

Ah! Summer fruits!

Tags: healthy snacks, kid-friendly food, watermelon

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Categories Food, Vegan, Vegetarian

3 Responses to “The Easiest Watermelon Snack Ever!”

Mad Dog September 10, 2013 at 6:18 am #

How brilliant 😉

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- Natalia at Hot, Cheap & Easy September 10, 2013 at 6:19 am #
  
  Why thank you. My son is a genius. But of course you knew that….
  
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  - Mad Dog September 10, 2013 at 7:25 am #
    
    I most definitely got that impression 😉

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