Here is a super easy, quick recipe to do with your children or grandchildren.   Let them pick which fruits to use, set up their “skewer station,” and watch them delight in creating this healthy, colorful snack!

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Fresh Fruit Skewers

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Ingredients

• 1 container strawberries cut bite-size
• 1 fresh pineapple cut bite-size
• 1/2 seedless watermelon cut bit-size
• 1 container raspberries or blackberries
• 8 wooden skewers

Instructions

• Alternating fruit, place them on a skewer -it's that easy!

Need a quick dessert that isn’t too sweet or too filling after a fabulous meal?  This crumble is just the thing!

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Apple, Berry, & Chocolate Crumble

Servings 6

Calories 235kcal

Equipment

• 6 - 1/2 cup ramekins

Ingredients

• 2 Granny Smith apples peeled and diced
• 10 ounces fresh berries such as blueberries, raspberries, blackberries
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 5 ½ Tbsp unsalted butter additional for the top of crumble
• 1/8 cup old fashioned oats
• 1/4 cup hard packed brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp grated dark chocolate

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350°.         
• Place apples and berries in a bowl and mix with the sugar.  Fill the ramekins halfway with the sweetened fruit.
• Using a food processor or a bowl and pastry cutter, add all the remaining ingredients, except the chocolate.
• Once combined, add the chocolate to the crumble mix and place on  top of the fruit.
• Place a small pat of butter on top of each crumble and bake for 30 minutes until fruit bubbles.
• Serve alone or with whipped cream or ice cream.

These parfaits can be made with any fruit you like.  The flavor is fabulous – vanilla yogurt mixed with honey gives the perfect amount of sweetness.  A healthy and satisfying dessert!

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Fresh Fruit and Yogurt Parfait

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Calories 157kcal

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup fresh raspberries sliced in half
• 3/4 cup fresh blueberries
• 1/3 cup flavored liquor optional
• 1 cup low-fat French vanilla yogurt
• 1 Tbsp honey

Instructions

• Place berries in a glass bowl.  If using liquor, pour over fruit and let sit for at least an hour.       
  
• Mix yogurt with honey.
• Place a few berries in the bottom of parfait glasses or glass bowls.
• Alternate fruit with yogurt - making three layers of yogurt and three layers of fruit.
• Finish with a few berries on top. This can be made several hours in advance.

Notes

By eliminating the liquor, you can serve this for breakfast along with some granola.