Fun With Fruits
Everyone knows the most exciting thing about summer is all the fresh fruit that is available. Strawberries, watermelon, and kiwi are just a few favorites to enjoy this summer. What is even more exciting is how easy and fun it is to dress them up!
Here are fun ways to dress up fruit that can be enjoyed by friends and family.
Salads
Mix up any fruits you like in a bowl with some honey and you have an easy fruit salad. To make it fun carve out a pineapple or watermelon for use that as a bowl. You can even use a cookie cutter to turn the pineapple or watermelon into fun shapes.
Chocolate
Chocolate can be used in many ways to make fruit more fun. Simply dip some bananas or strawberries in milk chocolate and use white chocolate to decorate the outside. Another fun way is to make chocolate cups or bowls using tempered chocolate and molds from your local craft store.
Parfait
Parfaits are a French-style frozen dessert typically made from custard. The American version is mostly made with yogurt. Add a layer of yogurt to the bottom of a see-through dish then layer your favorite fruits on top and repeat the layers until you reached the top of the dish and top it off with a drizzle of honey and some granola.
Popsicles
Making fresh fruit popsicles is a healthier alternative from store bought popsicles that are full of extra sugar and corn syrup. Popsicle molds can be easily found on Amazon. Take your favorite fruit and add them to a blender with a little bit of honey and blend until smooth. Pour into the molds and freeze overnight. Be creative by adding different layers of fruit puree or different chunks of fruit with each layer of puree.
>> Read about how to get your kids involve + homemade whole food popsicles recipe
Fruit Bouquet
A super fun and beautiful way to dress up fruit is by making a bouquet. Fruit bouquets are great for parties or as presents for Mothers’ day or birthdays. Pick any fruits you want but avoid fruits that will turn brown after a while such as apples, pears or bananas. You will also need a base, skewers, Styrofoam, cookie cutters and chocolate.
Add the Styrofoam to the bottom of the base and start shaping your fruits with the cookie cutters and dip some of them into chocolate. Once the fruit is ready, stick them on the skewers and arrange them however you like on the base Styrofoam. (Need some inspiration? Pinterest has plenty of ideas!)
Fruit Kabobs
Fruit kabobs are easy to make and even easier to eat. All you need is some fruit of your choice and skewers. Use cookie cutters to make some fun shapes and if you have young helpers, you can even practice logical sequences .
Dressing up fruit is easy and fun and can be done together with the whole family or even be set up just for the kids to play with. It’s a great way to get creative and enjoy the wonderful benefits fruit has to offer.
See you tomorrow for your next summerlicious recipe!
Your happy WAHM, Stephanie Gilbert
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