Fruit Leather

This is a an after school project that produces a great after school snack.

Line one or more framed screens with cellophane. Tape cellophane in place.

Puree your choice of Fruit. Any Fruit will work well except citrus or other very juicy Fruits. If you'd like the flavor of these Fruits in your Fruit leather, puree them separately and use the juicy puree to help puree another Fruit. For instance, use orange puree to help puree bananas. This will give you a rich and creamy orange flavored Fruit leather.

Pour Fruit puree onto cellophane-lined screen.

Set up an outdoor dehydrater by placing screen(s) over a shallow box filled with sand (which will help to collect moisture) so that there is space between the sand and the screen. Use spacers (empty thread spools make good spacers) if needed to create space. Stack screens with spacers to separate and create air space between screens. Place box over entire setup and allow to dehydrate until pliable and leathery.

The best part of making your own Fruit leathers is being able to come up with your own creations. Some ideas for things to add to the pureed Fruit are:

• heavy cream
• vanilla extract
• mixed Fruits
• coconut extract
• a touch of cream sherry, any other sweet dessert wine, or rum

One bonus of Fruit leather is that you can take it on a camping trip to make fresh Fruit juice. Add five parts filtered water to one part chopped Fruit leather. Allow to dissolve overnight. I like to use this to make Fruit milk. Use the same ratio of five to one, but use nondairy milk in place of the water.

Protein

• scrambled eggs with
• • shredded cheese
  • cream cheese
  • try sneaking in some shredded or diced veggies or Fruit, just stir them into the eggs after removing from heat
• Apple Sandwiches: slices of apple topped with slices of cheese
• veggie sticks with:
• • any creamy Protein dressing
  • creme fraiche or sour cream with a little chopped dill stirred in

Starch

• hummus on a
• • bagel
  • whole wheat pita bread
  • pita chips
  • whole wheat tortilla chips
  • corn tortilla chips
• popcorn
• dry breakfast cereal
• whole grain, sugar free breakfast cereal dry or with nondairy milk
• Pudding Cake: in the morning line the bottom of a square cake pan with graham crackers. Cover with pudding, then a layer of graham crackers, then pudding until the pan is filled, ending with a layer of pudding. By the time the kids come home you'll have a delicious cake for them to snack on. And it doesn't need to be frosted!
• bagels or English muffins topped with:
• • soy cream cheese
  • peanut butter
  • jam, sugar free
  • cooked pureed Fruit
  • mashed bananas mixed with an UnDiet sweetener
  • butter
  • butter and/or honey, sprinkled with cinnamon
  • honey
  • hummus
• Individual Apple Pies
• Grilled Cheese  Sandwiches - the quickest way to make one is to melt butter in pan over medium heat, place bread slice(s) in pan, top with nondairy cheese, then second bread slice. Add more butter if necessary when turning to brown other side.
• Pigs in a Blanket: wrap whole wheat biscuit dough around soy hotdogs. Bake according to biscuit instructions. You could also place some nondairy cheese between the biscuit and dog before rolling

Neutral

• Apple Peanut Butter Sandwiches: slices of apple topped with peanut butter
• Banana Peanut Butter Bites: slices of banana topped with peanut butter
• veggie sticks to dip into ranch or thousand island dressing

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