Not Your Everyday Apples

Not Your Everyday Apples

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Serving Size 3/4 cup

Ingredients

3 medium apples
1⁄2 cup raisins
2 teaspoons soft butter or margarine
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Wash the apples and chop into small pieces.
3. Mix apples with raisins, butter or margarine, sugar and cinnamon.
4. Place the mixture in a baking dish and cover loosely with foil. Bake for about 20 minutes.
5. Cool slightly and enjoy!
6. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.

Notes

• Try serving this recipe with vanilla yogurt!

Melon and Mint

Melon and Mint

Prep time: 15 minutes
Yield: 8 servings
Serving Size 3/4 cup

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon lime juice
1⁄4 cup fresh mint leaves
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
3 cups watermelon cubes
3 cups honeydew cubes

Directions

1. Blend lime juice, mint leaves and brown sugar together in a small food processor.
2. Place melon cubes in a bowl. Drizzle dressing over melon and toss gently.
3. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.

Fruit Salad

Fruit Salad

Prep time: 10 minutes
Yield: 10 servings
Serving Size 1/2 cup

Ingredients

2 cups strawberries
1 cup blueberries
1 cup grapes
1 can (8 ounces) pineapple chunks
6 ounces fat free lemon yogurt

Directions

1. Drain juice from pineapple. Cut grapes and strawberries into halves.
2. Combine strawberries, blueberries, grapes and pineapple chunks in a large bowl.
3. Drizzle yogurt over fruit. Toss lightly to coat.
4. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.

Creamy Fruit Salad

Creamy Fruit Salad

Yield: 8 servings
Serving Size 1/2 cup

Ingredients

1 cup pineapple chunks
1 large apple, chopped
1 banana, sliced
1 orange, chopped
3⁄4 cup low-fat piña colada yogurt

Directions

1. Put pineapple chunks in a medium mixing bowl.
2. Prepare apples, banana and orange as directed and add to bowl.
3. Add yogurt to bowl and mix gently with a spoon until fruit is well coated.
4. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.

Notes

• For a different taste, try adding different fruits like grapes, blueberries, huckleberries or peach slices.
• Try other flavors of low-fat yogurt.

Cherry Salad

Cherry Salad

Prep time: 15 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Serving Size 3/4 cup

Ingredients

1⁄2 cup sweet cherries
1 cup cantaloupe cubed
1 cup green grapes, cut in half
1 medium banana, peeled and sliced
1⁄4 cup orange juice (juice from 1/2 orange)
1⁄4 cup flaked coconut (optional)

Directions

1. Wash all fruit before cutting.
2. Pit cherries by slicing them in half and removing the pit.
3. Mix the cut fruit together in a bowl.
4. Pour orange juice over fruit and stir in coconut if desired.
5. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.