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Red, Rye, & Blue Berry Toast!

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Red, Rye, & Blue Berry Toast!

By Erin

Red, Rye, & Blue! Just in time for Memorial Day Weekend, here is a fun treat to make for breakfast or as a snack. Very patriotic looking for all the summer holidays coming up. Using berries from Melissa’s Produce make this extra sweet! And don’t forget to take a few moments this weekend to honor our fallen soldiers who paid the ultimate price for our great country!

Red, Rye, and Blue Berry Toast

Ingredients for Red, Rye & Blue Berry Toast

1 cup of your favorite fruit (strawberries, Blueberries, Pomegranates or raspberries from Melissa’s Produce all work well)

1 Tablespoon (or more) of hazelnut chocolate spread. You can never have enough hazelnut chocolate spread! At least in my opinion. Ha 😉

2-3 pieces of sturdy bread (Rye bread works very well)

Icing sugar for dĂ©cor – optional

Directions

  1. Toast the bread if desired. 
  2. Spread the hazelnut chocolate spread on bread evenly.
  3. Place fruit on top of bread. You can get as creative as you want. The more fruit the merrier! Or should I say berrier?
  4. Enjoy!

What are some of your favorite treats to have over these patriotic holidays? Make sure to stock up on all of your fresh berries and produce from Melissa’s Produce and check out their Pantry boxes too!

Spring Salads with Melissa’s Produce!

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Spring Salads with Melissa’s Produce!

By Erin

Spring is here! Which means time for lots of fun, delicious colorful salads using Melissa’s Produce! Check out these tasty salads that are so easy to make! Melissa’s Produce provided all of these beautiful fruits and veggies to help us celebrate the start of spring! Happy Spring!

This one is a fun spring treat! A fruity rainbow complete with marshmallow clouds. Yum!

A Rainbow of Fruit

*You can use as much or as little fruit as you want, depending on how large a rainbow/how many people you want to be able to feed with it*

What you need:

RED–1 carton strawberries–chopped up
ORANGE–5 Ojai Pixie Tangerines–peeled and separated
YELLOW–1 pineapple cut up
GREEN–green grapes–however many needed to fill in for your green part of the rainbow
BLUE— 6oz carton blueberries–however many you need to fill in the blue portion of your rainbow
PURPLE–red grapes–however many needed for the purple portion of the rainbow
CLOUDS–Marshmallows–make your clouds as fluffy as you like.

Arrange fruit in a rainbow shape in the above order and ENJOY!

Rainbow Chicken Salad 

What you need:

*baby arugula

*strawberries cut up

*raspberries

*grilled chicken, cut up (about a pound for 4 people)

*1 yellow bell pepper, chopped

*1 avocado, chopped

* fresh blue berries

*purple cabbage, cored and finely chopped

*your favorite salad dressing

*Layer the ingredients in order on your serving plate as listed above. Starting with the baby arugula cover the plate with the arugula then layer the strawberries and raspberries together for the red, then add the chicken, the yellow bell pepper,  avocado, blue berries, and cabbage. Top with your favorite salad dressing and enjoy!

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Kick Off Your Summer with the Free Kraft Cookbook!

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Kick Off Your Summer with the Free Kraft Cookbook!

By Erin

*Todays Post is Sponsored by Lunchbox. I love a good recipe as I am a total foodie, and this cookbook won’t dissapoint! All thoughts and opinions are my own*

Summer is just around the corner, so let Kraft help you plan the perfect celebration with the “Kick Off Your Summer” cookbook! In this cookbook, you’ll find delicious recipes and tips for your picnics, cook-offs, parties and more so you can be known as the “Official Cook of the Summer!”

*Download Cookbook by clicking above image!* This asset will start an automatic download of the Kraft “Kick Off Your Summer” cookbook.*

One of my favorite recipes that you will find in this cookbook is the PHILADELPHIA Fruit Pizza!!

Fruit-Pizza-Kraft-Cookbook

Prep Time: 15 min. | Total Time: 59 min. plus refrigerating | Makes: 12 servings

WHAT YOU NEED:

  • 1 pkg. (16.5 oz. each) refrigerated sliceable cookies, sliced
  • 1 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 4 cups assorted fresh fruit (kiwi and strawberry slices, red & black raspberries, drained canned mandarin oranges)
  • 1/4 cup apricot preserves, pressed through sieve to remove lumps
  • 1 Tbsp. water

MAKE IT:

  1. HEAT oven to 375°F
  2. LINE 12-inch pizza pan with foil; spray with cooking spray. Arrange cookie dough slices in single layer in prepared pan; press together to completely cover bottom of pan. Bake 14 min.; cool completely.
  3. INVERT onto plate; carefully remove foil. Turn crust over; place on plate.
  4. BEAT cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with mixer until blended; spread onto crust. Top with fruit.
  5. MIX preserves and water; brush onto fruit. Refrigerate 2 hours. ENJOY!!
 You can find recipes like this and many more in the Kraft “Kick-Off Your Summer” cookbook. Download it now by clicking the above image and be ready to enjoy! 🙂