Monday, December 28, 2009

Does anybody have any recipes for frozen fruit to cool a person off on a hot day?

I used to have a recipe that called for putting fruit and berries in orange juice or lemonade and pouring into a plastic cup to be put in the freezer until frozen, but I have misplaced that recipe. Can you help me -please include measurements - thanks! I'm wilting!!!!!Does anybody have any recipes for frozen fruit to cool a person off on a hot day?
FROZEN FRUIT CUPS





10 oz. pkg. frozen strawberries, thawed


6 oz. can frozen orange juice, thawed


20 oz. can crushed pineapple


11 oz. can Mandarin oranges


1/4 c. lemon juice


6 bananas, sliced





Thaw berries and orange juice. Do not drain canned fruits. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix to blend. Spoon into 3 1/2 ounce plastic cups. Freeze. Thaw before serving.Does anybody have any recipes for frozen fruit to cool a person off on a hot day?
Frozen Berry_Melon Pop





2 1/2 cups seeded watermelons or cantaloupe or honeydew melon, cubed


1/2 cup raspberries


1/4 cup sugar


5 teaspoons lemon juice


1 tablespoon light corn syrup





Combine all ingredients in a blender; cover and blend until smooth.


Press fruit mixture through a fine-mesh strainer over a bowl to extract juices.


Discard solids and pour mixture into 3-ounce paper or plastic drink cups or pop molds.


Cover cups with foil; cut a slit in the foil and insert wooden sticks.


Freeze several hours or overnight until pops are firm.


Remove from cups or molds to serve.
My mom has the BEST recipe for this, but I can't find it for some reason! Here's a different version that sounds yummy anyways





Fruit Ice





Ingredients:





2 cups fronzen strawberries, peaches, berries, or pineapple


1 1/2 cups any flavor Sparkling Water





Directions:





Combine fruit, and 1 cup flavored water in food processor or blender. Blend mixture for 15 seconds and scrape down bowl sides. Add remaining 1 cup of flavored water and blend fruit mixture for 30 seconds and serve.





Frozen Fruit Loaf





1 (3 oz.) pkg. strawberry Jello


1 c. boiling water


1 can (6 oz.) frozen lemonade


9 oz. carton Cool Whip


1 can fruit cocktail


Dissolve Jello in boiling water. Add frozen lemonade and stir until melted. Chill until thickened. Blend in Cool Whip and drained fruit cocktail. Pour into loaf pan and freeze until firm.





Frozen Fruit Slush





1 frozen 16 oz. pkg. each peaches, strawberries (unsweetened)


2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice


1/4 tsp. almond extract


6 pkg. NutraSweet


Partially defrost fruit. In processor or blender feed fruit gradually until pureed but frozen. Add lemon juice almond extract and sugar. Spoon frozen icee into chilled metal bowl (metal chilled best) cover, put in freezer until firm enough to spoon (10 minutes)
frozen banannas work great heres how to make them.





4 bananas, peeled and halved


1 cup milk chocolate chips


1 cup butterscotch morsels


1 cup chopped almonds


1 cup candy sprinkles


8 wooden craft sticks





Insert wooden stick into each banana piece. Arrange on parchment-lined sheet pan and freeze for 20 minutes.


Place chips and morsels into separate bowls. Microwave on medium heat until melted, about 60 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds.





Remove bananas from freezer and dip by alternating between melted chocolate and butterscotch. Immediately roll them in chopped nuts or sprinkles. Freeze until frozen solid, about 1 hour.
Shake grapes in lime jello powder, and freeze.... YUMMY!
Put some grapes in the freezer and there you go. This also works for pineapple.
Smoothies

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