Gourmet Fruit Arrangements Are Elegant and Affordable

Using a fruit arrangement is a cost effective way to create an elegant atmosphere without a gourmet price. Thousands of people have started entertaining at home instead of going out to restaurants in order to save money, but putting on gourmet dinner parties at home can get expensive too. If you really want to save money on your home dinner parties use a fruit arrangement instead of flowers as a centerpiece, or use fruit from a fruit arrangement in creative decorative ways to charm your guests and make sure there are low calorie and healthy dessert options for your guests who may not want to have a high calorie dessert after a big meal but still will want something for dessert. If you are stumped on how to use citrus fruit baskets to decorate for a dinner party here are some tips from today’s most innovative party planners:

Use seasonal fruit as place cards – The biggest trend in food right now is seasonal and local food. So, get some fresh seasonal citrus fruit and use a piece for each guest as a place card. You can write the guests names on small cards and attach them to the fruit by pinning them into the peel of the fruit, or you can write the guests names on the peel with a thick marker. You can also stuff an orange with cloves and use the clove spike to attach a place card to the fruit. There are dozens of ways to use fresh seasonal fruit like oranges and grapefruits as very creative place cards.

Make a mini fruit assortment for each guest as a dessert – If you want to be very creative you can order several large boxes of assorted citrus fruits or tropical fruits and make a place setting fruit arrangement for each guest. A few pieces of mixed seasonal fruit with ribbons or other embellishments placed in a creative container and set at each place at the table will really wow your guests and make your party the talk of your social circle. And you don’t need to use a lot of fruit to do it, just a lot of creativity.

Serve dessert in the fruit assortment – Hollow out orange and grapefruit peels and serve a fresh fruit sorbet, or ice cream, or panna cotta, or other desserts in the fruit shells. Place the fruit peels in a fruit arrangement and serve. Your friends and family will rave about your creativity in the kitchen.

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