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From the lens How To Make an Edible Gourmet Bouquet Centerpiece .

An edible centerpiece serves two purposes. It is both an attractive centerpiece and a vegetable or relish tray equivalent.
Thank you for visiting my Gourmet Bouquet lens. I hope you enjoyed reading about how to create an edible vegetable centerpiece. For any clickouts, voting, adding to plexos, comments left, or stars awarded, I thank you! I love reading your comments in my guestbook!

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  • ismeedee May 31, 2012 @ 2:11 pm | delete
    Wow, I love these! I need to make a basket for my friend's handfasting next week and I hadn't totally made up my mind how or what.. until I found this lens, now I'm well inspired! I'm thinking veg and flowers and herbs- nice!!!
  • blackspanielgallery May 26, 2012 @ 1:15 pm | delete
    Nice lens
  • WorldVisionary3 May 17, 2012 @ 9:27 pm | delete
    Fantastic! I've never thought of making my own gourmet bouquet, but it looks fun!
  • davespeed Apr 29, 2012 @ 7:50 pm | delete
    I enjoyed your lens. I particularly liked the edible bouquet with limes
  • entertainmenteveryday Apr 5, 2012 @ 10:13 am | delete
    I want to try to make one. I think they look amazing and taste great too.
  • elynmac Apr 1, 2012 @ 9:57 pm | delete
    I love the idea of a vegetable still life...
  • MelonyVaughan Apr 1, 2012 @ 1:15 pm | delete
    Love those edible fruit arrangements. I'll be ordering those for a gift in a few weeks. Thanks for the great tips!
  • Bill_Lawrence Apr 1, 2012 @ 8:56 am | delete
    This is a great lens, my girlfriend loves edible arrangements like this.
  • clouda9 Mar 29, 2012 @ 5:01 am | delete
    Wow such a complete gourmet bouquet page. Lots to learn!
  • oceansky Mar 28, 2012 @ 11:07 pm | delete
    Very yummy looking gourmet bouquets. The cabbage kids are so cute.
  • Ladymermaid Mar 28, 2012 @ 8:22 pm | delete
    Well I am thinking that your marvelous creation must have been put together with a few toothpicks or some such other small stick. Ideal for the stick quest today. Best of wishes.
  • awelldressedbullet Mar 15, 2012 @ 9:44 pm | delete
    Oh yummy, me like!
  • SRitchieable Mar 2, 2012 @ 7:21 pm | delete
    These are amazing! 4 star restaurant quality - I love them. I've featured them on my lens http://www.squidoo.com/free-internet-resources-for-birthday-parties. Thanks for sharing.
  • PastorCher Feb 29, 2012 @ 11:32 pm | delete
    These are really something. I want to try them all. Beautiful aren't they? Marking this for future reference. Thanks.
  • cffutah Jan 18, 2012 @ 9:43 am | delete
    The watermelon design was my favorite by far! Just grab a plastic fork and start eating!
  • veryirie Jan 15, 2012 @ 4:56 am | delete
    I love the bouquet made of limes. I may try my hand at something simpler to start.
  • Jan 6, 2012 @ 9:37 am | delete
    Some great ideas here.
  • VickiSims Dec 30, 2011 @ 8:04 am | delete
    Wow- lots of great ideas for making an edible gourmet bouguet. I can use these ideas to create something for my super bowl party!
  • MareeT Dec 12, 2011 @ 10:44 pm | delete
    Great ideas for entertaining! Very creative lens!
  • Upon-Request Nov 27, 2011 @ 2:24 pm | delete
    Great lens! I actually worked for Edible Arrangements as a temp for Valentines - learn a few nifty tricks. It's definitely an art form
  • Treasures-By-Brenda Nov 25, 2011 @ 9:56 am | delete
    Dianne, just stopping by to say thank you. Thank you for the help and support you have given me as well as for your ongoing friendship. I am so glad to know you!
  • favored1 Nov 11, 2011 @ 4:10 am | delete
    Great lens. I really like this idea.
  • SereneSea Oct 10, 2011 @ 1:05 am | delete
    I am just getting more and more hungry while reading this lens, a great idea of eating a centerpiece itself.
  • lestroischenes Oct 10, 2011 @ 1:04 am | delete
    I'd never heard of this before. I love the idea of the vegetable bouquets but it seems so fiddly that I doubt I'll ever find the time. The arrangement ones seem more achievable!
  • franstan Sep 25, 2011 @ 5:29 am | delete
    What a great idea! I had never thought of making a centerpiece in this way before. Thank you
  • elyria Sep 22, 2011 @ 2:56 am | delete
    I would love to try and make it myself, looks so amazing!
  • Mujjen Aug 21, 2011 @ 5:09 am | delete
    What a wonderful idea! Looks good-tastes good!
  • BalanceByDesign Jul 12, 2011 @ 10:18 pm | delete
    I loved reading about and looking at all these beautiful centerpieces. I will definitely come back when I'm needing that special centerpiece or gift!
  • candy47 Jul 12, 2011 @ 7:14 am | delete
    Great lens! Thanks for sharing.
  • celebrate Jul 10, 2011 @ 12:07 pm | delete
    These gourmet bouquets are a great idea for dressing up a table for any occasion. Thank you so much for sharing your works of art.
  • Philippians468 Mar 29, 2011 @ 10:34 pm | delete
    i never imagined a watermelon could be a bowl! thank you for this amazing lens! cheers
  • SynchronicityHouse Mar 7, 2011 @ 12:32 am | delete
    I discovered this idea with Watermelons; but you've given more food for thought! You've created a great Lens, thank you.
  • susan300 Feb 19, 2011 @ 11:27 am | delete
    These are so beautiful, I wouldn't want to destroy them by eating them! Great idea for a lens. :)
  • NaturalMindset Feb 14, 2011 @ 3:33 pm | delete
    Just delish and rolled to How To Make a Crafty Candy Bouquet.
  • ChrisDay Jan 22, 2011 @ 2:12 am | delete
    fascinating concept - I'll give it a try one day. Thanks
  • tembrooke Dec 31, 2010 @ 6:25 pm | delete
    I never would have thought to try making one of these myself. Nice lens! (Blessed!)
  • glowchick Dec 31, 2010 @ 6:45 am | delete
    Loveyour lens! Great ideas and tools to use :)
  • SukoMiabals Dec 30, 2010 @ 11:25 pm | delete
    Yummy, Yummy! Thank you for encouraging my hunger.
  • scss Dec 12, 2010 @ 1:15 pm | delete
    Well done, interesting lens on this subject - a big well deserved "Thumbs Up" to your for the work on this lens!

    - Helene Malmsio
  • ShirlW Dec 4, 2010 @ 1:27 pm | delete
    My goodness this looks difficult. You make it sound like I could do it though!
  • Dec 1, 2010 @ 5:13 pm | delete
    love the Cabbage babies...great lens
  • Mrmakingusmile Nov 30, 2010 @ 5:02 pm | delete
    Looks yummy to the max! Thanks for making me smile.
  • MarkUpshaw Oct 29, 2010 @ 6:22 am | delete
    Beautiful pieces. You have given plenty of sources for us to learn how to create some.
  • mioluna Oct 17, 2010 @ 2:15 pm | delete
    Wow, it's breath taking bouquets! I think you have real talent to create such a beauty!
  • louiswery Oct 5, 2010 @ 5:16 pm | delete
    The radish roses and edible flowers look amazing! Great idea for jazzing up a veggie tray.
  • Ladydove62 Sep 23, 2010 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing all this great info on edible boquets. Loved your design. Looks difficult to me.
  • whitemoss Sep 23, 2010 @ 8:52 am | delete
    What great ideas! I think I've done ell when I pile up a heap of satsuma and a few leaves! Blessed by a SquidAngel and added to my Angel lens.
  • steveffeo Sep 21, 2010 @ 8:27 pm | delete
    The edible veggie centerpiece looks awesome and yummy
  • ddixonart Sep 19, 2010 @ 8:02 am | delete
    Wow! You are so talented! Here in Snellville Ga, we have a store called Edible Arrangements that delivers these sorts of things, but they don't do vegetable arrangements as far as I know. What a neat idea. Love this lens, full of great info! I loved seeing the Anne Geddes picture - when my twins were born in '93, I couldn't find any twin baby announcements, so I bought a set of blank cards with that image on them to use for announcements. I've always thought it was so cute. Have a great weekend!
  • Sami4u Sep 14, 2010 @ 3:20 am | delete
    Hi,

    This late at night this food is making me hungry it is so good looking. Thanks for the tips.
  • riff999 Sep 14, 2010 @ 12:29 am | delete
    Some great ideas. Kudos.
  • DecoratingforEvents Sep 8, 2010 @ 9:50 pm | delete
    Great Lens! Thanks for the lensroll; I gave you one back!
  • puzzlemaker Jul 18, 2010 @ 7:17 am | delete
    How neat! My daughter would love to help make one of these. They are very pretty and what a nice centerpiece.

    Thought I would stop by and say hello since you are featured on "Meet Your Fellow Giants" on my dashboard!
  • Norma_Budden May 23, 2010 @ 12:27 am | delete
    Congrats on your purple star! Your lens has been featured at http://www.squidoo.com/purple-star-awards
  • Treasures-By-Brenda May 22, 2010 @ 7:45 pm | delete
    Dianne, your bouquet is gorgeous! I've never seen anything like it. Now I do wish I lived on the west coast!
  • WindyWinters May 22, 2010 @ 12:34 am | delete
    Congratulations on your Purple Star! Delicious!
  • Susan52 May 21, 2010 @ 10:06 pm | delete
    We had a store-bought fancy fruit bouquet at my mom's on Mother's Day weekend. It was great, but with your ideas we could have made it ourselves! Congratulations on the new purple star!
  • Joan4 May 21, 2010 @ 8:31 pm | delete
    Congratulations on your beautiful purple star for this super lens!
  • hlkljgk May 21, 2010 @ 8:20 pm | delete
    great idea - congrats on your purple star :)
  • Sylvestermouse Jan 7, 2010 @ 11:19 pm | delete
    Just had to stop back by on my first day as a Squid Angel and Bless this wonderful lens!
  • thewishpearl Jan 1, 2010 @ 7:39 am | delete
    This is great, I have always wanted to know how to created beautfully carved fruits and vegetables! We have an edible arrangements store in my neighbourhood, so I have seen those gorgeous bouquets at many functions. Happy New Year to you too Dianne! Thank you for blessing my oatmeal recipe lens!
  • Jewelsofawe Dec 23, 2009 @ 8:41 pm | delete
    I love this! Blessed by an angel!
  • eclecticeducation Dec 21, 2009 @ 1:42 pm | delete
    Neat idea! Great lens! :)
  • skiesgreen Dec 11, 2009 @ 3:04 pm | delete
    What a beautiful creative lens. Lovely presentation and great pics 5* and fave
  • Sylvestermouse Dec 8, 2009 @ 5:33 pm | delete
    This looks like a lot of fun and a whole new "craft" project for me to try:) Thanks!
  • WindyWinters Oct 7, 2009 @ 11:19 am | delete
    Great Ideas for Veggies and Fruit for the Holidays! Lensrolling to green veggies. )
  • MiaBellezza Oct 2, 2009 @ 4:22 am | delete
    I'll have to try making one of those edible gourmet bouquets!
  • Joan4 Aug 17, 2009 @ 11:35 am | delete
    Oh, I have not made a watermelon baskets in years and it's always good and always pretty! Blessed by a SquidooAngel! Happy Birthday to you!
  • CreativeArtist Jul 27, 2009 @ 5:59 pm | delete
    Lovely arrangements. They add such style and flavor!
  • lollyj Jul 20, 2009 @ 7:28 am | delete
    What a colorful, visually enticing lens!! Almost makes me feel like I could create something. Usually when I try to create something special with food, though, it ends up looking like a catastrophe. Loved this lens!
  • janices7 Jun 5, 2009 @ 9:04 am | delete
    Fantastic lens with great ideas! Thanks for the step-by-step instructions. We are having family gatherings and pot-luck parties all the time so the edible bouquet would be a great choice. 5* and lensrolled you to my All About Cookie Bouquets lens.
  • Pastiche May 28, 2009 @ 8:46 am | delete
    Isn't food play and food art fun?! I made watermelon baskets for my daughter's high school grad party buffet 20-odd years ago - it was a big hit. Lensrolling to Sweet Bouquets and Candy Crafts - 5*.
  • x3xsolxdierx3x Apr 13, 2009 @ 2:40 pm | delete
    well assembled lens :) 5 stars
  • AppalachianCountry Apr 13, 2009 @ 8:14 am | delete
    We really enjoyed this lens. Thank-you for all the wonderful detail.
  • Swisstoons Apr 9, 2009 @ 10:28 am | delete
    Lots of good nutrition in these...and kid-friendly not only in the making, but in the eating, too, I'm guessing.
  • jessicahoward Apr 2, 2009 @ 2:27 am | delete
    wow yummy....i love this...cool lens that cabage kids photo looks really funny..lol....thanx for sharing.....
  • peter9983 Mar 25, 2009 @ 6:59 pm | delete
    Very nice lense, keep it up !

    Peter
    magic of making up review
  • JenOfChicago Mar 25, 2009 @ 12:51 pm | delete
    You make this seem really easy!
  • kimark421 Mar 24, 2009 @ 7:59 pm | delete
    Some cool ideas here. Great lens! 5*****s from me.
  • OhMe Mar 20, 2009 @ 5:23 am | delete
    Oh Me! Oh My! I just love your edible centerpieces. What fun! Your photos are great. I can't imagine mine coming out that beautiful but I might have to give it a try!
  • jipock Mar 17, 2009 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    Great Lens!! 5*****
  • YourSmilingChef Mar 14, 2009 @ 5:20 pm | delete
    Thank you sooo much for this wonderful lens! I have been trying to figure out how Edible Arrangements makes those beautiful centerpieces. Now I know! You are a favorite and lensrolled!
  • Mar 14, 2009 @ 6:43 am | delete
    Wow!

    This lens is 'foodaliciously creative!'

    I have ranked your lens at Five Stars!

    Best wishes
    Marisa Angelis
    Artist Designer Writer Poet Philanthropist Humanitarian Promoter
    Four Nominations including "Australian of the Year 2003" Short List
  • faithcreations Mar 8, 2009 @ 3:20 pm | delete
    Great five start lens! I'll have to make an edible bouquet myself sometime. I also lensrolled this to my two food lenses.
  • jipock Mar 4, 2009 @ 9:32 am | delete
    Excellent Lens! I loved it! Favorited it as well! 5*****
  • EditorDave Feb 27, 2009 @ 10:34 pm | delete
    Wow! Cool lens! Defiitely 5*! I need to link to this lens from my Luau-Party lens--definitely a better touch for table centerpieces. Thanks for a nifty lens!
  • stargazer00 Feb 24, 2009 @ 12:53 pm | in reply to moses19_19 | delete
    I don't know what to tell you on that. I've only made these gourmet bouquets for personal use, not to sell. Perhaps it would come under the laws for catering?
  • moses19_19 Feb 24, 2009 @ 12:10 pm | delete
    how sterile do we need to be selling these in our floral shop? Do we need to have stainless steel?
  • Bodybychocolates Feb 22, 2009 @ 1:15 pm | delete
    You have some wonderful ideas that I will have to use. Thank you for sharing.
  • Risa28 Feb 19, 2009 @ 6:30 pm | delete
    Attractive, health and delicious - great lens. 5*s
  • stargazer00 Feb 16, 2009 @ 4:48 pm | in reply to MARIANNE BALASH | delete
    I would not put anything on a watermelon basket. Maybe cover it with Saran Wrap. As for a vegetable bouquet, I might mist it with a little water as long as it doesn't contain any unwrapped candy or cheese.
  • MARIANNE BALASH Feb 16, 2009 @ 3:28 pm | in reply to mysticmama | delete
    I WAS WONDERING IF YOU PUT SOMETHINK SPRAYED OVER THE FUIT TO KEEP IT FRESH IN TYHE ARRANGEMENT
  • KimGiancaterino Feb 12, 2009 @ 9:44 pm | delete
    Edible bouquets are always such a hit at parties. Thanks for the suggestions and inspirational photos. Welcome to Culinary Favorites From A to Z.
  • Lexi Feb 12, 2009 @ 11:44 am | delete
    Deliciously beautiful! I shall have to try making one myself! Five stars!
  • mysticmama Feb 9, 2009 @ 4:01 pm | delete
    excellent lens...I make a variation of the watermelon basket every year for the 4th of july picnic, I fill mine with all kinds of different fruit though, since summer is such a great season for strawberries and such...I can't wait to try some of your other ideas...thanks for the great lens!
    5*
  • Feb 7, 2009 @ 5:12 am | delete
    This is an interesting idea for the buffet table.
  • tandemonimom Jan 24, 2009 @ 9:27 pm | delete
    Please join the new "Best Tips for Homemakers" Squidoo group!
  • unemployedmom Nov 20, 2008 @ 10:46 am | delete
    good business idea. I've seen edible arrangements, but they are strictly fruit.
  • Jimmie Nov 10, 2008 @ 10:21 pm | delete
    Very cool! I'd love to see even more pics
  • debnet Nov 10, 2008 @ 12:47 pm | delete
    They look too good to eat! Super idea 5*
  • Susan52 Sep 6, 2008 @ 7:09 am | delete
    Wonderful ideas! Storebought arrangements like this are so expensive. This would save money and would be a lot of fun, too. Great project for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Can you tell you've gotten my brain wheels turning? SquidAngel blessings to you!
  • tandemonimom Jul 19, 2008 @ 7:56 pm | delete
    Toothsomely lovely lens!
  • affiliatestwo Jul 13, 2008 @ 12:39 am | delete
    Very creative, interesting piece about the reusable shopping bags!
  • ssnseminars May 13, 2008 @ 7:14 pm | delete
    Indeed... a nice work of art...
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  • mtnfam May 11, 2008 @ 12:49 am | delete
    How clever! I want ranch dip with mine!
  • rms May 7, 2008 @ 10:49 pm | delete
    Beautiful bouquet of veggies. Thanks for sharing this!

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