Tag: fruit

Granny’s Ambrosia

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This recipe is so good, and we miss having dinners at the square dances because someone would always bring this dish with their own variations… YUMMY!

Granny’s Ambrosia

Ingredients:

Equal amounts of:

  • Mandarin oranges (1 can)
  • Pineapple chunks or tidbits (1 can)
  • ½ c. sour cream or Greek Yogurt
  • 8 oz of Cool Whip or other whipped topping
  • Mini marshmallows (1 cup)

optional add- ins:

  • Shredded coconut (1 cup)
  • Pecans, chopped (1 cup)
  • Fresh or canned fruits, chopped (1 cup each) ex: bananas, apples, peaches, pears, strawberries, grapes, etc.
  • Maraschino cherries, chopped (1 small jar)
  • Small box of vanilla pudding

Directions:

Drain cans of fruit and dump into a large bowl… save the juice for your kids, if they like that.

Add any optional additions.

Mix the sour cream and whipped topping together, gently stir into the fruit.

Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours.

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Quick and Easy Fruit Dip for Fresh Snacks

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I’ve never posted this recipe as it is just so easy but we needed a copy the other day so here it is…

Easy Fruit Dip

Ingredients:

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 7 oz jar of Marshmallow creme
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More Victory Garden Resources

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For Valentine’s Day/my birthday, I received some potted Tulips and a couple of small lemon trees which I am excited to find a place for. The kids have also been excited as they know this means that we will make a new garden space where there is nothing at present… we all love a good makeover! I’m sure you may have already seen some glimpses of this space before this post comes out as I’ve been writing a little ahead but that’s ok 🙂

I know that my kiddos have been excited to learn more about Victory Gardens so we are constantly reading more and more articles about them as we work on planning out our garden. We seriously need to get out this weekend to get some plants started as the chickens got into the garden beds a decimated everything that was growing… I do need to check and see if there might have been some root crops that were spared.

I wasn’t always as fond of gardening as I am now. There was a time in my childhood that I dreaded the ‘G’ word and it meant a lot of hard work. We depended on the garden for our sustenance and we all needed to do our share of the planting, weeding, and storing so that we would have plenty of food to get us through the winter.

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Easy Fruit Cobbler with sugar-free options

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We’ve been gifted several boxes of peaches over the last couple of weeks so we’ve been making quite a bit of cobbler as well as putting some away in the freezer. I’m hoping to make some peach butter or preserves too.

This is really good with a drizzle of caramel sauce and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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Pancake Poppers

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This is a quick and easy alternative for breakfast. There are so many things you could add to these to make them a family favorite. They are also really easy for little hands that might have trouble with a regular pancake. These are great for freezer meals too! Continue reading “Pancake Poppers” →