Summer Fruit Salad / #OurFamilyTable

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I love summer, but I can easily get overheated when the high temperatures hit! Once this happens, the last thing I want to do is prepare a meal, and I lose my enthusiasm for grilling.

When the hottest part of summer comes around, salads are on the menu quite a bit. I often grill chicken or steak for salads early in the morning to avoid the afternoon heat, and use it later in the day, for lunch or dinner.

But today I decided on a Summer Fruit Salad! I included a few things you won't find in the traditional fruit salad, but I know you will love them.

All the ingredients I used are easy to find, easy to work with, and they taste delicious!

Summer Fruit Salad

(printable recipe at end of page)

1/2 cup Heavy Duty Whipping Cream

1 tablespoon Granulated Sugar

1/2 teaspoons Vanilla Flavoring

Blueberries

Cantaloupe

Mango

Apple

Orange

Bananas

Strawberries

Peach

Light Vanilla Yoplait Yogurt

Sweet Hawaiian Mini Flour Tortillas

Choose any fruit you want to use. More colorful fruit will make the plate prettier and more appetizing.

Pour the heavy whipping cream into a medium sized bowl. Add the sugar and vanilla.

 

Mix together on medium until the cream thickens and becomes whipped cream.

Wash all of the fruit before cutting it. When cutting the fruit, the important thing to remember is to make it easy to eat. One way to do that is to cut it in small bite sized pieces. You can see that the strawberries and the blueberries were not cut, but you could cut the stems off the strawberries if you wanted to.

One of the small bowls contains the whipped cream and the other one has light vanilla yogurt in it. I also included a few mini tortillas, which are the perfect addition to this plate! They can be filled with your favorite fruit and topped with a bit of whipped cream or fill them with a little bit of each fruit and add a spoonful of yogurt for a fun and tasty treat! They are a favorite for kids!

There you have it! Simple, tasty and good for you! 

Thank you for joining me today! Here is a list of more "Beat the Heat" recipes to enjoy! Don't they sound amazing?!!

Beat the Heat Recipes

• Best Tomato Sandwich from Palatable Pastime
• Calypso Carribean Cobb Salad from A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
• Hezzi-D Club Sandwich from Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
• Keto Caprese Wrap from Magical Ingredients
• Mediterranean Chopped Salad in Pitas from Jen Around the World
• Shrimp Ceviche with Pickled Onion from Cheese Curd In Paradise
• Strawberry, Rhubarb, & Pear Salad from The Spiffy Cookie
• Summer Fruit Salad from The Freshman Cook
• Watermelon Salad with Feta and Mint from Books n' Cooks
• White Gazpacho from That Recipe

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Fun Orange Freak Shake / #FarmersMarketWeek

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Today is the last day of #FarmersMarketWeek, and I thought I would end the week with a tasty cold dessert, a Fun Orange Freak Shake! I made this shake with fresh oranges that I picked up at the farmers market. It takes a little bit longer to use the fresh oranges instead of orange juice or orange soda, but the fresh taste is worth it! I hope you think so too!

Fun Orange Freak Shake
(makes 1 shake)
(printable recipe at end of page)

6 Fresh Oranges
1/2 cup Heavy Duty Whipping Cream
3 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
3-4 ounces of White Chocolate 
Sprinkles
1/4 - 1/2 Milk
1/4 -1/2 gallon Ice Cream

Peel the oranges, separate the sections, and place in a blender. Pulse until they are liquid.

Pour orange juice through a strainer into a bowl. Throw away the orange pieces in the strainer. Make the whipped cream by mixing together the granulated sugar, heavy duty whipping cream and vanilla. Place the whipped cream in a pastry bag using a size 1M. Refrigerate until ready to use.

 Melt the white chocolate. Once melted, dip the top of your jar or glass into the chocolate. Sprinkle the decorative sprinkles over the chocolate. Freeze or refrigerate.

Mix together the strained orange juice, milk and ice cream. I left some chunks of ice cream in my shake because that is how I like it, but if you like it smooth and creamy, make it smooth and creamy.

 Pour milk shake into jar. Add whipped cream to the top.

Decorate with various candies and sprinkles!
 
Thank you for stopping by today all week long as we were celebrating #FarmersMarketWeek! I hope you found lots of yummy and tasty recipes you would like to make! Scroll down the page to find today's list of blogger recipes!

 

Thanks Ellen from Family Around the Table and Christie from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures for hosting our Farmer’s Market Event!

Friday Farmer’s Market Week Recipes

• Arrabiata with Zucchini Noodles by Jolene's Recipe Journal
• Asian Cucumber Salad by Books n' Cooks
• Poppy Seed Dijon Slaw by Palatable Pastime
• Black Forest Brownies by The Redhead Baker
• Blueberry Margarita by Family Around the Table
• Honey-Roasted Garlic Ice Cream by The Spiffy Cookie
• Israeli Veggie Skewers by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Mom's Southern Squash Casserole by Intelligent Domestications
• Old Fashioned Watermelon Pie by Daily Dish Recipes
• Sweet Corn Ice Cream by Savory Moments
• Fun Orange Freakshake by The Freshman Cook

Fun Orange Freak Shake

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Author: The Freshman Cook

ingredients:

• 6 Fresh Oranges
• 1/2 cup Heavy Duty Whipping Cream
• 3 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 3-4 ounces of White Chocolate
• Sprinkles
• 1/4 - 1/2 Milk
• 1/4 -1/2 gallon Ice Cream

instructions:

How to cook Fun Orange Freak Shake

1. Peel the oranges, separate the sections, and place in a blender. Pulse until they are liquid.
2. Pour orange juice through a strainer into a bowl. Throw away the orange pieces in the strainer. Make the whipped cream by mixing together the granulated sugar, heavy duty whipping cream and vanilla. Place the whipped cream in a pastry bag using a size 1M. Refrigerate until ready to use.
3. Melt the white chocolate. Once melted, dip the top of your jar or glass into the chocolate. Sprinkle the decorative sprinkles over the chocolate. Freeze or refrigerate.
4. Mix together the strained orange juice, milk and ice cream. I left some chunks of ice cream in my shake because that is how I like it, but if you like it smooth and creamy, make it smooth and creamy.
5. Pour milk shake into jar. Add whipped cream to the top.
6. Decorate with various candies and sprinkles!

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Chocolate Icebox Cake

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With the heat of summer bearing down on us right now in North Carolina, I thought the time was right for a Chocolate Icebox Cake! Simple to make, and yummy to eat, there is no baking involved. So your kitchen will not have to feel the heat, and neither will you! This icebox cake has 4 ingredients, and if you want to make it even simpler, you can only use three ingredients. Plus, you probably have most, if not all of them, in your pantry right now!

Chocolate Icebox Cake

Valentine Parfaits/Day 5 of 14 Days of Valentine's!

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Today's Valentine Treat is a Valentine Parfait.

It is made with chocolate cake and whipped cream.

It is simple to make and yummy to eat!

Southern Banana Cream Pie

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As we cleaned out our refrigerator this week, my husband made a dessert that is a deliciously, welcome take on a southern classic. Everyone is very familiar with the ingredients, I'm sure. Take a look, then have a taste. Delicious!

Southern Banana Cream Pie

3 ripe Bananas

Nilla Wafers

Vanilla Instant Pudding

3 cups Milk

1 cup Whipping Cream

2 tablespoon Sugar

Put your mixing bowl in the freezer, so we will have a chilled

bowl to prepare the whipping cream in. Let it get

nice and cold, about 30 minutes worth!

While the bowl is chilling, layer a pie plate with nilla

wafers, along the side and on the bottom. Slice bananas

over the nilla wafers on the bottom. Make the

vanilla pudding. Once it has set up, layer the pudding 

on top of the bananas. Then slice more bananas and place 

them on top of the pudding. 

Make the whipped cream below, and top 

the entire pie with whipped cream.

Pour the whipping cream in to the cold mixer bowl.

Add sugar and mix until stiff peaks appear.

Here it is!

It is creamy and delicious, and the nilla wafers become so soft!

Yum!

Enjoy!