strawberries – Papas Cutting Board

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𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙚 𝙄𝙘𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙨:

Blend 1 1/2 cups cubed seedless watermelon; 1/2 cup chopped strawberries and 2 tablespoons each superfine sugar (I did not use sugar as the fruit is sweet enough for me) and lime juice in a blender. Divide among ice pop molds (each 3/4 full) ; freeze 1 hour. Puree 1 cup cubed cantaloupe or honeydew melon with 2 tablespoons each superfine sugar (I did not use sugar as the fruit is sweet enough for me) and lime juice. Divide among the ice pop molds, insert sticks, and freeze until firm.

Honeydew melon would be tasty with this but I only had a cantaloupe.

Jim enjoys a Popsicle after working outside in this heat, so I wanted to try my hand at making some using real fruit. I just had one and these are delicious – no preservatives, no artificial colors and no artificial flavors. I’m delighted with the cantaloupe flavor – now I want to try honeydew

Easy Banana Bread and Strawberry Banana Bread

I had several bananas which I allowed to turn brown. I used 3 in this recipe, and followed it precisely. I had the oven light on and I watched this raise to a beautiful golden brown. I followed the bloggers tips, I checked it at 50 minutes, and although it looked done, the top was still doughy, so I tent foiled for another 5 minutes. This was so good, I decided to make a second loaf, and instead of a full tsp of vanilla, I stopped about 3/4 of a tsp and topped the tsp off with banana extract. The smell is amazing; the flavor over the top. The commenters are correct on one loaf not being enough, a 4×8 pan is smaller than the loaf pans I usually use, and it works perfectly for this loaf.

Here is the link for the Easy Banana Bread

The Strawberry Banana Bread recipe came from the Taste of Home website. It is titled Raspberry Banana Bread. I froze one of the loaves. I did not have raspberries, so I used strawberries. The smell reminded me of a banana split. I first found this in my TOH’s Bread bonanza cookbook Volume 6, 2003 issue, on page 7. I baked for 60 minutes, here in Indiana.

Here is a link to the recipe: Raspberry Banana Bread

I’ll share a photo of how the banana bread rose above the pan

Orange Blossom Honey Lime fruit salad

blueberries, strawberries, grapes, mango, peaches, bananas, kiwi, lychee – the dressing is a Orange Blossom honey with fresh squeezed lime – Delicious!

Watermelon Cantaloupe Ice Pops

Blend 1 1/2 cups cubed seedless watermelon;

1/2 cup chopped strawberries, and

2 tablespoons each superfine sugar, and

lime juice in a blender.

Divide among ice pop molds (each 3/4 full), and insert sticks; freeze 1 hour.

Puree 1 cup cubed cantaloupe or honeydew melon, with

2 tablespoons each: superfine sugar and lime juice.

Divide among the ice pop molds, and freeze until firm.

Honeydew melon would be really good with this but I only had a cantaloupe

Strawberries and Cream Bread

I have this collection of cute little shaped cookbooks – I have made many recipes from the fruit ones, and not been disappointed. Strawberries are a great price at the stores. I thought of these cute little vintage recipe books I had with fruit as the main subject. Judith Bosley 1991.

Our friends are having a large yard sale this weekend so I want to take them some bread for an easy breakfast for them. I decided to try this Strawberry Bread. This was easy to put together. The bread is moist and delicious. I added a couple of things to the topping. The topping called for only cream cheese, and a bit of the strawberry juice. I tasted it and thought, “meh, let’s see what I have in the pantry” : Oils, extracts and flavorings are always something I like to turn to to add a bit of zing to a recipe. Banana vodka (1 Tbsp), and 1 Tbsp of powdered sugar. I used a mixer to get the icing to the correct consistency. Add this to the bread while it is warm so that it drizzles over the sides. I added chopped strawberries to the top of each slice. I used walnuts for the nutmeats in this recipe.

2 extra ingredients to icing. This is up to you, if you want to add to the flavor. I use the airplane size bottles, because they are inexpensive, and you do not have to worry about what to do with rest of bottle

I have an abundance of fruit, and I’m scanning these books. Next on my list is the Blueberry Pineapple Bread and the Banana Blueberry Bread. Oh, and the Blueberry Lemon bread and………..