Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Chips

This recipe comes from The Pampered Chef.

A friend of mine made it a long time ago, when Kayla was around 8 or 9 months, I think. Kayla loved it. I always said I was going to try to make it and for some reason forgot about it and never did. Then a few days ago when searching new dinner ideas I found the recipe in my email. So, I printed it and when we went grocery shopping I got the stuff to make it. Its so simple to make, not many ingredients, on the healthy side and VERY YUMMY. I vow to make this more often. Especially since its good for the little ones to eat. I couldn't get the camera to focus right on the salsa, but you get the idea.



Cinnamon Chips:
4 (7-inch) flour tortillas (I used 3 8-inch)
1 tbs sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly spray tortillas with water. Combine sugar and cinnamon in flour/sugar. Sprinkle over tortillas. Cut each tortilla into 8 wedges; place in single layer on baking stone, or cookie sheet. Bake 8 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp. Remove to cooling rack.

Salsa:
2 medium apples, 1 cup strawberries, sliced
1 kiwi fruit, peeled and chopped
1 small orange, 2 tbs packed brown sugar (I used light brown) 2 tbs apple jelly

Peel, core and slice apples. Cut apples into quarters and chop. ( I chopped all the fruits fairly small so Kayla can chew easily. She still does not have all her teeth) Slice strawberries. Chop kiwi. Place in bowl. Zest orange and juice orange. Add zest and juice, brown sugar, apple jelly to fruit mixture. Mix gently.

Serve with cinnamon chips.

Fabulous Fruit Dip

Over the weekend I made 2 fruit platters with fruit dip. I made one tray for a Partylite show I hosted and another for a baby shower I was invited to.

Each party the fruit and dip was a huge hit. And each party ended with barely any fruit left on the tray and the dip bowl scraped clean.

The Partylite show I made the fruit less fancy. The baby shower I added extra cherries and bite size pieces of pound cake.

For the fruit, you can choose whatever you like.
I did honeydew, cantelope, cherries, kiwi, sliced up oranges, canned pineapple chunks and red seedless grapes. I wanted strawberries but the commissary was all out.

For the fruit dip..
1 8oz block or container of plain cream cheese, 1 jar of marshmellow creme, 1 orange.
Mixed the two then add as must orange juice and orange zest to your taste as you like.
I also added dried mint leaves on top of the dip and topped the fruit pieces too. Not a lot, just enough to get a hint of mint with a couple bites and to get people to wonder, "Is that mint that I taste!!??"

It was a HUGE hit.

Banana Loaf

Sorry it's been a while since I blogged a recipie. I will try to do better.
Please vote on my poll I have going on! Its on the right hand sidebar.

Coming soon........ Homemade Fresh From Scratch....PORK LUMPIA! Next grocery shopping trip I will be buying the ingredients.
What inspired me to do this? Today was Kayla's WIC appointment. In the parking lot is a little 'snack shop' on wheels where they sell lumpia for 3 for $1. I bought 6 and was in heaven eating all 6. I NEED some more of this. It's been too long since I had it! Now I know where to go for my craving! The WIC office parking lot! LOL!

But for now... my Banana Loaf.

So simple to make. That is my kind of recipie. A couple weeks ago I made this for a BBQ we were invited to. Everyone complimented me on it. It was the first time I made it, and I will make it again.

1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 2 eggs well beaten, 2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 3 medium bananas mashed, 1/2 cup ground walnuts (optional or raisins)

Cream butter and sugar together until smooth. Add eggs.
Add flour, baking soda to butter and egg mixture. Stir to blend well. Add bananas, nuts, raisins.

Pour in greased and floured 9x5x3 loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 60 minutes. (However, my load took longer than 60 minutes for some reason)

Remove from pan. Cool. Slice.

Taaadaaa! Enjoy!

Creamy Fruit Salad

This recipe was good, however I wont make it again because I know of a better, easier, quicker way to make this thanks to my Great Grandmother. But I thought I would make this and try a different version. Not nearly as good.

This recipe is Creamy Fruit Salad
1 package 16 oz mixed frozen fruit, thawed and drained
1 cup whipping cream, 3 tbs white sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract
In mixing bowl whip cream to soft peaks with mixer. Add sugar and vanilla, continue mixing to combine. Fold whipped cream into fruit.
Alternatives: Add banana slices, coconut, chopped nuts.

I added chopped walnuts and coconut.

A better version of this would be to just use thawed cool whip and fruit cocktail or fresh chopped fruit is which I usually do.

My Great Grandma calls this Heavenly Hash. Along with all these ingredients she adds in mini marsh mellows and maraschino cherries. I have made this several times for get together and every single time I get lots of compliments on it. It tastes just as it sounds. Heavenly.