Monday, July 7, 2014

Summer Food

Last week I hit the strawberry field - two baskets for me, one for an older lady I know.  The berries are plentiful and the picking was easy.



I made my usual two batches of jam when I got home.  



My little rhubarb plant actually had enough to pick yesterday so I made a rhubarb strawberry crunch dessert and was it good!!  I pinned it a few days ago, the original recipe comes from All Recipes - you can see it right here - I didn't make any changes to it, it's delicious.



I bought a new small kitchen appliance that is going to be so great for summer - Yonanas- The Healthy Dessert Maker - have you heard of it?  I hadn't until a few weeks ago when Joann wrote about it on her blog - Woman in Real Life, I took the plunge last week and bought one - we tried it out yesterday - it's going to be great and so nice for a hot summer day.  


It uses all frozen fruit, the main base is the frozen banana - it makes a fat free dessert, a dairy free dessert and it's all fruit - what could be better!  The worst part is waiting for the bananas to get to the cheetah stage - at that point, you freeze them and then wait....


We made banana strawberry - we shared it for lunch - it was just enough and so cool and refreshing.  


I bought mine at Walmart, it was $29.94CDN - it was less expensive than when I looked at them in June.  I think we'll get our money's worth - peach, raspberry, pineapple, chocolate - I want to try them all!!!






14 comments:

  1. You sure have been a busy bee. Love strawberries!

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  2. That looks so great! I'll have to look for one of those. I can't eat sugar but I can eat fruit, as long as I don't eat too much. I think I'll go eat some strawberries NOW! heehee! Hugs, Diane

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  3. Thanks for the shout out Jill! Was Yonanas on sale at Walmart? It was $50 when last I checked. I'm getting one for my dad.

    Jo

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  4. I need to get some strawberries and make some jam before it's too late! And I also think I need to get one of those or an ice cream maker so we can survive the heat this summer!

    ~Trisha

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  5. I need to get some strawberries and make some jam before it's too late! And I also think I need to get one of those or an ice cream maker so we can survive the heat this summer!

    ~Trisha

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  6. I just love strawberries! Yum...your jam looks delicious and so does that rhubarb strawberry crunch! :) What a neat new machine, I might have to look into that, sounds like it will get good use too! xo Holly

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  7. Ooh, I need to get some rhubarb!! Looks delicious!

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  8. Yummy!
    Those strawberries are so pretty.

    M : )

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  9. MMM rhubarb and strawberries, one of my favorite combos. I need to do a U pick em day!

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  10. One of Alex's favorite things to have for breakfast is a banana "milkshake". My mom started making them for him when he was a baby. Frozen bananas and milk in the blender. I just may need to pick up one of these!

    Erica

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  11. I'm so jealous! I didn't get out to pick strawberries this year. Your basketfuls look delicious!

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  13. Homemade jam is soooo delicious!

    I can't wait to see everything you make with the new frozen treat gizmo!

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  14. The best part of summer is the fresh fruit and berries. I hd never heard of a yonana machine. It sounds like a fun appliance to have. I had never heard of bananas reaching the 'cheeta' stage either.

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