Nothing inspires kids to eat fruit faster than a refreshing cold drink or fruit sherbet or sorbet. You can just add a bowl of fresh fruit salad to a meal to create the perfect finishing touch. Look for fruit that is undamaged. Choose fruit that is in season and at the height of ripeness to get the best tasting fruit.
These kid friendly fruit recipes are easy and fun to create. These are no-sugar added snacks that provide vital nutrients that kids need.
Fruit Frappe
Ingredients:
*1 cup unsweetened fruit (peach pear, berries, banana)
*4 ice cubes
*Blender
Instructions:
1. Place fruit and ice cubes in blender.
2. Blend fruit mixture to desired consistency.
Yield: 1 serving
Fruit Soda
Ingredients:
*½ cup unsweetened fruit juice of your choice or combination of juices
*½ cup sparkling mineral water
*Lemon or lime slice if desired
Instructions:
1. Combine juice and mineral water
2. Garnish with lemon or lime
Yield: 1 serving
Fruit Sherbet
Ingredients:
*1 cup partially thawed frozen fruit
Instructions:
1. Put fruit in blender or food processor
2. Turn blender on low until the fruit is the consistency of sherbet
3. Serve immediately.
Yield: 1 serving
Banana Shake
Ingredients:
*1 banana, peeled and sliced
*1 cup cold water or milk
Instructions:
1. Place banana and water/milk in blender
2. Blend to desired consistency
Yield: 1 serving
Raspberry Popsicles
Ingredients:
*¼ cup water
*10 raspberries (red)
*1 peach or nectarine, peeled, pitted and sliced
*4-5 ice cubes
Instructions:
1. Place water, fruit, and one ice cube in blender and blend
2. Continue adding one ice cube at a time until mixture is the consistency of slush
3. Pour into plastic molds
4. Add Popsicle sticks to make real Popsicles
5. Freeze
Yield: 6 servings.
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