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Ingredients As Bowls

Why dirty dishes when you can serve food in edible bowls? Try any of these creative suggestions, including avocados, bell peppers and eggplant.

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Up Your Presentation Game

Sure, you could serve food on plates. But you can't eat plates. Instead, up your presentation game by serving food in bowls made from more food.

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Cucumber Shooters

Cut cucumbers into 2-inch-tall cylinders, scoop out the centers with a melon baller, and fill with ice-cold vodka (or melon or lemon sorbet, if you are underage).

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Melon Soup Bowl

Serve sunny summer gazpacho in a bowl made out of ripe melon for an added burst of juicy sweetness.

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Coconut Sundae

If you're going to do all the work of opening up a coconut, you might as well reward yourself by eating a scoop of ice cream out of it. Go all out and make it the base of a sundae.

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