Fruit Week, Day 3

Today we made Banana Split Kabobs. I'd seen these on Pinterest a few times and figured we'd give them a try.

They're super simple. First we put the fruit on the kabob sticks.

Then we let them sit in the freezer for about 10 minutes, just enough to give them a bit of a chill.
Take them out and dip them partially in chocolate and then dip in nuts, if desired.

Then we laid them on a wax paper cover pan to dry. Since the fruit was chilled they dried pretty quickly.

And then enjoy. They were good but really wasn't anything too special.

That's all for now,
Jo!

Fruit Week, Day 1-2

Yesterday started the last week of our summer break adventure as school starts on Thursday, until then we have a half week of cooking with fresh ingredients.

Yesterday we made stove top applesauce, and while it cooked we made homemade cherry limeades.
The girls diced and peeled 4 large Granny Smith Apples.

Then we added 1/4 c. of water and 3 Tbsp. of maple syrup to the pot and let it cook until the apples were tender.

Once they cooled just a bit (but not all the way, about 10 minutes) we mashed them.

Then we let it finish cooling in the fridge and devoured it. (Seriously between all the Ks, they each had two bowls and I had none.)

While that was cooking we used fresh limes for cherry limeades.
A bottles of Sprite (12 oz, and not something they get very often so they were ecstatic)...

Squeeze in the juice of a few lime wedges (2 should be plenty) and 1/4 c. of Grenadine or Cherry Juice.

Finish by throwing in the squeezed lime wedges and a few maraschino cherries and enjoy!

Today we made a mango strawberry salsa and served it with cinnamon sugar pita chips.
We started with 2 c. strawberries, 2 c. mango, and 1 c. pineapple chunks and pulse them until chunky and mixed well. Then add lime juice from half a lime, 2 Tbsp. OJ, and 2 Tbsp. honey.

Stir well.

And eat!

That's all for now,
(For real this time, my camera card is finally caught up)
Jo!