Banana Split

There's nothing like a banana split to ease the heat of summer

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Peach and Raspberry Pavlova Parfait

Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner

Peach and Raspberry Pavlova Parfait

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (4 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
• 1/4 cup sugar, divided
• 1 cup vanilla fat-free yogurt
• 2 cups sliced peeled peaches (about 6 to 7 peaches)
• 1 cup raspberries
• 1 cup vanilla meringue cookie crumbs (such as Miss Meringue Minis; about 12 mini cookies, coarsely crushed)
• 12 vanilla meringue mini cookies

Step 1

Place cream cheese and 3 tablespoons sugar in a medium bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed for 2 minutes or until smooth. Beat in yogurt until blended.

Step 2

Combine 1 tablespoon sugar, peaches, and raspberries in a large bowl, tossing to coat. Let stand 5 minutes.

Step 3

Spoon 2 tablespoons cheese mixture into each of 6 (8-ounce) glasses; top each with 1/4 cup peach mixture and 2 1/2 tablespoons cookie crumbs. Repeat layers once with remaining cheese mixture and remaining peach mixture; top each with 2 whole cookies. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

RECIPE BY COOKING LIGHT August 2004

Not sure if you guys noticed, but I like desserts that do not take a lot of steps or ingredients. 😉

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Skinny Mini Watermelon Cakes

Skinny Mini Watermelon Cakes

INGREDIENTS

• 1 small watermelon
• 2 c. cool whip
• Rainbow nonpareils, for garnish

DIRECTIONS

1. Using a chef's knife, slice a small portion of the watermelon rind off. Use the flat edge to stabilize the watermelon on a cutting board.
2. Slice the watermelon in 2" thick slices.
3. Using a 3" biscuit cutter, cut small rounds out of the slices of watermelon.
4. Place a dollop of Cool Whip onto each round and sprinkle with nonpareils. Serve.

Recipe from: Delish

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Fruit Salad with Limoncello

Photo by: Matt Armendariz © 2014, Television Food Network, G.P. All Rights Reserved

Fruit Salad with Limoncello

Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten

Ingredients

• 7 ounces Greek yogurt (recommended: Fage Total)
• 1/3 cup good bottled lemon curd
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups sliced strawberries (1 pint)
• 1 cup raspberries (1/2 pint)
• 1 cup blueberries (1/2 pint)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons limoncello liqueur
• 1 banana, sliced
• Fresh mint springs
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Directions

For the lemon yogurt topping, whisk together the yogurt, lemon curd, honey, and vanilla and set aside at room temperature.

For the fruit salad, carefully toss together the strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, sugar, and limoncello. Allow them to stand at room temperature for about 5 minutes to let the berries macerate with the sugar and liqueur. Gently fold the banana into the mixture.

Serve bowls of fruit with a dollop of lemon yogurt on top. Top each with a sprig of fresh mint.

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She's has a soothing tone while instructing you on how she makes her fabulous recipes.

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Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries

Shared on January 28, 2016 by Holly 

(c) Cook Crave Inspire

Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries

 Prep Time 15 minutes

 Total Time 15 minutes

 Servings 18 -24 strawberries

Ingredients

• 1 Pint of Strawberries (or more… there will be cheesecake filling leftover but the size of the strawberries will determine how many you can fill)
• 2 oz White chocolate
• Graham crumbs

Cheesecake Filling

• 6 oz Cream Cheese , softened
• 4 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
• rind from 1 lemon
• 3 tablespoons heavy cream

Instructions

1. Wash strawberries and dry well.
2. Cut the tops off the strawberries and hollow out the center using a small spoon or a strawberry huller(this is the type I use, works for tomatoes and strawberries)
3. Place the chocolate in a small dish and melt on 50% power for about 15 seconds.. continue in 10 second increments until the chocolate is melted
4. Slice a thin piece of the bottom of each strawberry so it can stand up and pat it dry with a paper towel. Dip the bottom of each strawberry into chocolate and then graham crumbs and place on a parchment lined pan.
5. Meanwhile, beat cream cheese, heavy cream, sugar, lemon juice and lemon rind if using until smooth and creamy.
6. Place the cream cheese mixture in a decorator or into a Ziploc bag. If using a Ziploc bag, snip off a corner.
7. Pipe the cream cheese mixture into each strawberry. Garnish with sprinkles or graham crumbs.

OMG!! These look soooooo yummy!!!!

I'm going to have to try them out at my next BBQ!!

I absolutely LOVE strawberries and cheesecake!! 

What a different way to combine the two!

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Peach & Raspberry Parfait

Photo by Yunhee Kim

Peach & Raspberry Parfait

INGREDIENTS

1. 2peaches, cut into 2 1/2-inch pieces
2. 1 1/2cups raspberries
3. 2tablespoons sugar
4. 1tablespoon fresh lemon juice
5. 1pint vanilla ice cream

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, combine the peaches, raspberries, sugar, and lemon juice and let sit, tossing once, for 20 minutes.
2. Scoop the ice cream into bowls or glasses and top with the fruit mixture.

By Sara Quessenberry

This recipe and more can be found at: Real Simple

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Pineapple Upside Down Cake Sunday

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Sunday

• Makes: 4 servings
• Hands On 15 mins
• Total Time 15 mins

Quickly warm pineapple in butter and brown sugar, then spoon the softened fruit over crumbled pound cake and dulce de leche ice cream.

ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped pineapple or canned pineapple tidbits (juice pack), drained
• 1 pint dulce de leche or vanilla ice cream
• 1/4 of a 10 3/4-ounce loaf frozen pound cake, thawed and coarsely crumbled and, if desired, toasted*
• Whipped cream
• 4 maraschino cherries with stems

directions

1. In a small heavy skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, honey and cinnamon. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 2 minutes. Add pineapple. Cook and stir for 1 to 2 minutes more or until heated through. Remove from heat.
2. Scoop ice cream into four dishes. Top with crumbled cake, warm pineapple mixture, whipped cream and a cherry. Serve immediately.

tip

• * To toast pound cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees . Spread crumbled pound cake pieces on a 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Bake for 5 to 10 minutes or until lightly toasted.

nutrition facts

(Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Sundaes)

Servings Per Recipe 4, Fat, total (g) 30, vit. A (IU) 605, cal. (kcal) 786, calcium (mg) 424, pro. (g) 12, Potassium (mg) 639, sugar (g) 106, fiber (g) 1, sodium (mg) 385, Trans fatty acid (g) 1, Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 1, Folate (µg) 16, Polyunsaturated fat (g) 1, Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0, Monounsaturated fat (g) 8, carb. (g) 120, Niacin (mg) 1, sat. fat (g) 18, Riboflavin (mg) 1, Thiamin (mg) 0, chol. (mg) 128, vit. C (mg) 19, iron (mg) 1

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