Fruit Salad yummy yummy

Fruit salad is so yummy and fresh. There are many recipes out there but they are either fruit in whipped topping or fruit in yogurt. No that's not the perfect fruit salad. I decided to make my own. And with this you can't substitute the brands. I've taken this to a few picnics and bbq's and yea I've been told it's the best fruit salad that they have ever tried. When I make it the little one eats only it for days till she has eatin it all gone. So here you go it's easy and delish..

Ingredients 

1lb strawberries quartered

4.4oz blueberries 

6oz raspberries 

6oz blackberries

2 mangos cut up

3-4 bananas sliced

1c green grapes cut in half

8oz Cool Whip

1c Greek Gods or Brown Cow vanilla yogurt 

1tbsp sugar

*Optional

Orange wedges

Pineapple

1c mini marshmallows 

Method

Wash and prepare fruit. Put all together in a bowl and mix up. 

If you are serving later wait for bananas and marshmallows 

Mix all fruit 

Mix together whipped cream and sugar and yogurt. 

When ready to serve finish with bananas and cream topping, and marshmallows. 

Mix and serve

Boba Tea

When I lived in Seattle I experienced a whole different kind of eating. I had never had bubble tea never even heard of it. But when I finally did it was amazing. I just recently decided to make it on my own. So we went to the Asian market and found the tapioca and some matcha green tea. 

Ingredients 

1/2c boba tapioca pearls

4c boiling water

Brown sugar syrup

1/4c brown sugar

1/4c sugar

1/2c water

Milk tea

1/2c milk

1c fruit

1c ice

1tbsp matcha green tea

1tbsp sugar

Method

Boil water. Add tapioca pearls and cook for 15 min.

 Turn off heat and let sit for 15 min. To make sugar syrup boil water and sugars till dissolved. Cover in sugar syrup and prepare milk tea. 

Use a blender and blend all ingredients for milk tea, pour over tapioca pearls and use a fat straw to enjoy.

Amish Country Cabbage dish

 

When I drove from Minnesota to California I stopped in St. Louis at the arc there is a museum at the bottom. I found these wonderful cookbooks there. One of the few I bought was an Amish cooking cookbook. I have thumbed through many times. But never made anything. Lately I have heard of how great Amish food is so I started to research Amish cooking and dishes. I found many different cabbage and meat recipes. So I decided to make up my own one that fits my family's taste. I came up with one that was very similar to a Jewish dish that I make called Prakas. This meal was so simple but yet so amazing. It's a very hearty meal. My husband had 3 helpings. It's easy to make it vegetarian as well. I'm going to try some recipes in my book. 

I'm glad I was looking the Amish way. 

Ingredients

1lb ground turkey or hamburger

1 onion

1 clove garlic chopped

2tbsp butter 

14oz stewed tomatoes 

8oz tomato sauce

1/2 cabbage chopped

Salt and pepper

1tsp smoked paprika

1tsp brown sugar

1tbsp Worcester sauce

Mashed potatoes

Method

Chop onion and garlic and cabbage

Brown ground meat with salt, pepper paprika and onions, 

Drain grease

Add garlic, butter, cabbage 

Tomatoes, sauce, brown sugar and Worcester sauce 

Stir well, simmer 

and cover turn down heat and cook for about 20 min until cabbage is soft.

Serve over mashed potatoes yum

To make vegetarian omit meat cook same method. Yum!!