Fruit Dip

Fruit Dip (from Maureen)

Ingredients:
Strawberry Yogurt- Any other flavor is fine!
Fruit to dip such as bananas, strawberries, grapes or apples

Directions-
Take your yogurt and empty it into a small bowl. Cut up some fruit and serve the yogurt as a "dip" for the fruit! Toddlers love dipping everything and this is a good way to get more fruit and dairy into them. Stay away from the packaged dips as they are full of processed ingredients.

Another way you can make yogurt dip-
Take 1/2 cup yogurt, 2-3 tablespoons honey, 1/8 tsp cinnamon (or nutmeg) and a very small splash of vanilla and mix together. Taste it before as you might need to adjust the taste to your liking!

Strawberry Banana Smoothies

Strawberry Banana Smoothies (from Maureen)
Ingredients-
1 Cup Light Plain Yogurt- Can be substituted for flavored yogurt or whole milk yogurt!
1 Ripe Banana
4-5 Strawberries- You can leave them whole or cut them up
Ice
Honey- (Optional used to sweeten it)

Directions-
Blend all the ingredients in your blender.  Serve in a glass with a straw.

Pears

Pears
3-4 Ripe Pears

Blend pears until desired consistency.  Transfer to ice cube trays and freeze.

Note: Ripe pears are naturally very sweet and juicy, which is why it is not necessary to boil the pears. However, if you use pears that are not ripe, then cut the pears into chunks and boil in water (about 1/4 c. for 3 pears) until soft, between 15 and 20 minutes.  Allow to cool, then puree in blender.