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Watermelon cubes

Watermelon cubes
Photo: Ralff Nestor Nacor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Ingredients

For 4 servings. 1 serving = 1 adult; a 6-year-old eats about half.

  • Watermelon600 g

You need

  • Sharp knife and chopping board
  • Jars and lidded containers
  • Lunchboxes with ice bricks

Method

  1. Ahead (Sunday): wash the outside of the melon, then cut off the rind.
  2. Cut 600 g watermelon into 2 cm cubes. Pick out the black seeds for little ones.
  3. Store in lidded boxes in the fridge. Keeps 3 days, so it covers Monday to Wednesday.
  4. Each morning, tip a portion into a leak-proof lunchbox section and pack with an ice brick.

Make it easier

  • Weekend: Cube the watermelon into boxes for the first half of the week.