Berry, Berry Good

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Berry, Berry Good
Six Berry Recipes

Blackberry Coconut Salad

Fresh blackberries
Grated coconut
Peach slices
Maple syrup

Arrange fresh berries on platter. Surround with coconut. Arrange peach slices on top of coconut. Thread berries with syrup.

Coconut Fruit Dip

1 can (8 oz) crushed unsweetened pineapple, undrained
¾ cup milk
½ cup sour cream (nonfat is good)
1 package (3.4 oz) instant coconut cream pudding mix
Fresh strawberries, pineapple, grapes, and melon or other fruit

In a blender, combine the first four ingredients; cover and process for 1 minute or until smooth. Serve with fruit. Store in the refrigerator.

Creamy Fruit Dip

1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
3 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
1 7-oz jar marshmallow cream
Fresh Strawberries
Sliced kiwifruit

In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and concentrate until smooth. Fold in marshmallow cream. Serve with fruit. Store in the refrigerator.

Fresh Fruit & Yogurt Dip

1 16 oz vanilla yogurt
2 10 oz frozen strawberries, thawed and pureed
½ cup honey
2 teaspoons nutmeg
chopped fresh fruit

In medium bowl, combine the pureed strawberries, yogurt, honey and nutmeg. Stir until smooth. Serve as a dressing over the fresh fruit or as a dip.

Raspberry Cream Fruit Salad

Fruit
1 3 oz pkg. cream cheese
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup raspberry jam
½ cup whipping cream, whipped stiff

Cut up fruit. Blend together all other ingredients except cream; then fold in the whipped cream. Fold in fruit.

Berry Delicious "Chicken" Salad
from Working Mom's Fast & Easy Kid-Friendly Meals by Elise Griffith

2 cans (16 oz each) diced peaches in juice, drained, juice reserved
4 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
2 packages (16 oz ea.) salad greens
4 cups canned imitation diced chicken (can use diced chicken but then this wouldn't be a vegetarian dish)
4 cups fresh raspberries
1 cup sliced celery

1. Put reserved juice from peaches in bowl, add rice vinegar and honey, and stir until dissolved.
2. Place salad greens, peaches, imitation chicken, raspberries and celery in large bowl, and toss gently. Drizzle dressing over salad, and toss again.
3. Serve immediately, or refrigerate until ready to serve.

Kitchen Chaos Index
References and Resource Recommendations

Managing a kitchen in a large family can be a pretty exhausting task. It certainly isn't something that can take care of itself! With that in mind I am always looking for ways to make the kitchen experience easier, more enjoyable, or just plain manageable. Mega cooking, recipes, teaching children how to cook, organizing the kitchen are just some of the topics addressed in my Kitchen Chaos series. This index contains the entire series, not just the recipes.

Kitchen Chaos Individual Recipe Index

I have posted more than one recipe on each of my cooking pages. For your convenience I have submitted this individual index so you can find which recipe is on which page. I hope you enjoy them. Remember that my recipes are altered to be for a family of twelve. If your family is smaller, many of the recipes can be prepared as is and then divided and frozen for additional meals during stressful times. This index is just for listing the recipes and does not include the other kitchen and cooking articles.

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