Let’s get fruity this week!

Something my mom has always made for me ever since I was little for a snack was a fruit salad parfait. But not any kind, a eye appealing but also yummy Rainbow Fruit Salad Parfait. It is very important to include eating fruits in your daily diet, and sometimes it can be hard. This is a easy way to include the 2 servings of fruit each day. For this specific recipe it is more aimed to be a dessert but it can also be a snack if wanted. It is a very easy, and also quick recipe nearly anyone is able to make. I even had made this recipe for the little kids I babysit and they loved it! The presentation of this recipe little kids love and makes them want to eat it more. This dessert/snack can be a great thing to bring over to a party, or have at your place when people come over.

Rainbow Fruit Salad Parfait

Ingredients: 

• Tall glasses to make the parfait in
• 2 cups of each type of fruit
• 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla pure extract
• 3/4 cup of powered sugar
• Whipped cream (if desired)
• Granola (if desired)

Fruit Rainbow: 

• Red: strawberries, cherries, raspberries, cranberries, watermelon
• Orange: oranges, mandarin oranges, cantaloupe
• Yellow: banana, pineapple,
• Green: kiwi, green grapes
• Blue: blueberries, blackberries
• Purple: purple grapes

These are just some options for the different color fruits you can choose for the parfait. Each parfait is unique and is individualized for each person depending which fruits they like best. That is one big reason why this recipe is good because it is very versatile and can be easily changed.

Directions:

1. Put each fruit in its own bowl
2. Add 1/4 tsp vanilla and 2 tablespoons of powered sugar to each bowl
3. Mix until the sugar dissolves
4. Evenly distribute the fruits into the tall glasses
5. MAKE SURE to start with the purple fruit on bottom and go from there ending with red fruit
6. If wanted top off with some whipped cream and granola!!!
7. Eat right away or refrigerate right after making

Feel free to change the recipe to how you like but this is just the recipe my mom made for me and then I started making for myself and other people. The vanilla and powered sugar gives it a yummy flavor rather than just having plain fruit. And of course this is a healthy recipe. Remember eat your fruits folks!

Photo: from Google