Watermelon 'Cake' with Summer Fruit & Raspberry Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1/2 seedless watermelon (crosswise section) rind removed
• 1 small cantaloupe, halved, peeled, and seeded
• 3 kiwifruits, peeled and sliced
• 1 pint fresh blueberries
• 1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and halved
• 1 (12 oz.) bag frozen unsweetened raspberries
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 3 tbsp. granular sugar

Makes 16 Servings 

1. Cut watermelon into 1 1/2-inch-thick rounds. Stack rounds on a serving plate so they resemble a cake. 
2. With a melon baller, scoop out balls from cantaloupe. Decorate top of watermelon and plate with cantaloupe, kiwifruits, blueberries, and strawberries. 
3. Combine raspberries, orange juice and sugar in a blender; pulse until smooth. Pour mixture through fine sieve set over a small bowl. With spoon, press on solids to extract all juice; discard seeds. 
4. To serve, cut watermelon 'cake' into 16 wedges and serve with raspberry sauce. 

WW POINTS VALUE 1 pt.

Note: This recipe appears in the WW Family Meals Cookbook. You can have your cake and eat it too and it can be good for you. This colorful cake is cold, refreshing, tasty and filling. You get your daily servings of fruit in this cake and it will leave you satisfied. If you don't have cantaloupe on hand, substitute pineapple and the cake will be just as delicious. If you don't want to use granular sugar in the sauce, substitute honey and the sauce will be just as sweet. 

Frozen Watermelon Virgin Mojitos

Ingredients:

• 8 1/2 cups fresh watermelon, seedless, cubed
• 16 oz. diet soda, lemon-lime, divided
• 3/4 cup fresh lime juice, divided
• 2 tbsp. rum extract, divided
• 3 tbsp. mint leaves, fresh, minced, divided

Makes 8 (1-cup) Servings

1. In a blender, puree watermelon (you will end up with about 6 cups of puree).
2. Pour 2 cups of puree into each of 2 standard-size ice cube trays (16 cubes each); freeze until solid (several hours or overnight). Reserve remaining 2 cups watermelon puree in refrigerator.
3. When ready to make mojitos, place one tray of watermelon puree cubes, 1 cup refrigerated watermelon puree, 1 cup soda, 6 tablespoons lime juice and 1 tablespoon extract in blender; blend until smooth. Stir in 1 1/2 tablespoon fresh mint and pour into 4 glasses; garnish with additional fresh mint, if desired. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 4 more mojitos.

 WW POINTS VALUE: 2 pts.

Note: This recipe appears on www.weightwatchers.com. These cocktails are a light and refreshing taste of summer. These cocktails are great with or without the rum and a great way to use watermelon. The combination of watermelon, lime juice and mint will awaken and cleanse your taste buds. Serve these at lunch, dinner or at a party and people will be asking for more.