Fruit.

This isn't so much a recipe as a suggestion for making watermelon easier for your guests to eat. Cut the slices into "Christmas Tree" shapes...it still allows a place for holding but makes it easier to bite around without getting the corners of your mouth so juicy. Cut several layers of watermelon at a time to make it even more efficient.

Green drinks are awesome for a quick yet VERY healthy breakfast on the go OR for getting your fussy kids to drink their fruits and veggies.

You can add whichever fruits and vegetables you want...the darker green the vegetable, the better. Kale and spinach are great BUT make sure to add some yummy, sweet fruit to disguise the veggie flavor. i.e. orange juice, pineapple juice, frozen berries, etc. (Using darker berries helps to disguise the green color and makes it look more like a smoothie.)

If you didn't get a chance to drink all of the green drink in one go, pour the rest into popsicle molds for a healthy snack later on.

Cut up papaya into small pieces and then sprinkle with sugar OR salt. (The more gross the papaya looks on the outside, the more ripe and ready it is getting.)

Recipe coming soon...

Triple Berry Cobbler
Submitted by: Sarah
The original recipe is from the Pioneer Woman (Blackberry Cobbler #2)
---Click here to see her step by step process.

Ingredients

• 6 cups Fresh Or Frozen Mixed Berries (from Costco)
  
• ½ cups Plus 4 Tablespoons Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
• ½ whole Zest Of Lemon
• 2 cups Flour
• ¼ teaspoons Salt
• 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
• ¼ cups Crisco (vegetable Shortening)
• 4 Tablespoons Butter
• 1 whole Egg
• ½ cups Milk

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine mixed berries, 1/4-½ cup sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest in a mixing bowl. Stir and spread out in a buttered pyrex dish.

In a separate bowl pour flour, salt, baking powder, and 1 tablespoon sugar. Add shortening and butter and work mixture together with a pastry blender (or your fingers) until the mixture is coarse. Measure ½ cup milk, add an egg, and mix together. Pour into flour mixture, stirring as you go. Mixture should be smooth and not dry, but not over stickly.

Take clumps of dough and place them on top of the blackberries. Lightly flatten dough with your fingertips. Sprinkle with 2 to 3 tablespoons of sugar and bake until golden for 30 minutes. Berry juice will be slightly thin, but don’t be afraid. It will gradually soak into the biscuity topping and make your life complete.

Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Blender Strawberry Ice Cream
Submitted by: Julie
(Allrecipes.com)

• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen sliced strawberries
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup heavy cream

Directions

1. Combine the frozen strawberries and sugar in a food processor or blender. Process until the fruit is roughly chopped. With the processor running, slowly pour in the heavy cream until fully incorporated. Serve immediately, or freeze for up to one week.

Recipe to try on your own at home:

Fruit Soup
Submitted by: Lisa

INGREDIENTS

3 Tb instant tapioca

2 Tb sugar

Dash of salt

2 cups water

1 6-ounce frozen orange juice

1 10-ounce package frozen strawberries

3 cubed oranges

1 sliced banana

DIRECTIONS

Bring the instant tapioca, sugar, salt, and 1 cup of the water to a boil.

Boil for one minute

Add second cup of water

Add frozen juice and strawberries

When ready to serve, add the fresh fruit