Summertime Equals Fruit Pizza Time!
Posted on March 27th, 2008 | by VariousRecipes |Fruits can add variety to child’s meals. Finding fun food for kids can be as simple as taking them to the grocer with you. Choosing fruits that are tasty and chock full of nutrients can be an exciting adventure.
Getting little ones to consume fruit can be easy when we make it fun and entertaining. Since fruit should be a staple in every family’s menu, let the little ones choose what fruits they require to make a festive and interesting fruit pizza project.
You may be surprised by the fruits they choose at the farmer’s market.
Let the kids choose which fruits and vegetables they want for their at home project.
Select exciting or colorful fruits at the grocery store or farmers’ market, then turn the kids loose creating creative faces on this yummy fruit pizza. Odds are, they’ll snack as they create–and love what they taste.
Choose fruits in a wide range of palettes and sizes. Let the kids design the pizza with festive faces or construct other shapes on this colorful and festive pizza.
Ingredients.
Ready to bake piecrust
Filling
1/2 cup fat free or low fat cream cheese
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1.4 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon 1% milk
Toppings
Select strawberries for the nose, kiwi fruit or seedless grapes for the eyes,a banana for the mouth. The choices for making shapes are only restricted by their imaginations. The kids can choose pineapples, mandarin oranges, or any fruit they prefer.
Instructions:
1. Let the piecrust come to room temperature per the package instructions, then unfold it onto a large cookie sheet or pizza pan.
2. Roll up edges of the crust, crimping them ever so slightly so that they’ll stay rolled up. Poke the crust gently with a fork in about 20 places (allowing air to escape).
3. Bake the crust in a preheated 450 degree oven for about 9 minutes or until it’s slightly browned.
Remove from the crust from the oven
4. Whisk together cream cheese ,sugar, and vanilla extract, lemon juice adding just enough milk to make the mix able to spread onto the crust.
*Allow the crust to cool.
*Spread the cream-cheese mixture with a rubber spatula,
*Spread to the edge of the crust
Now its time for the kids to showcase their skills.
*Allow the kids to arrange the fruit onto the cream cheese mixture.
Don’t worry if it is not perfect. It is perfectly healthy and fun.
Children may like to add sprinkles. Let their imaginations run wild.
*Refrigerate the pizza for at least 1 hour
*Slice with a sharp knife and serve
The kids will be impatient and want to consume the pizza immediately.
The pizza cream cheese is almost already set. So when you’re done cleaning up, allow the kids to assist you here. They will be eager to taste their creation.
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