Bringing fun, color and health together is the perfect cooking combination! Adding natural herbs and spices into your recipes to add flavor, color and health benefits is truly something to celebrate. Try the recipe below this 4th of July weekend to create your food fireworks! Also check out the fun cooking health facts below.
Festive Fruit Sauce
This delicious dessert sauce is perfect for any summer event or occasion, and it’s so easy to make!
Ingredients:
½ can (15 ounces) peach slices in natural juice
¾ cup fresh blueberries
¼ cup Just Like Sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon almond flavoring
4 to 6 large fresh strawberries, sliced
Preparation:
Drain juice from peaches into a saucepan. Combine Just Like Sugar and cornstarch; stir in to juice. Cook over medium-low heat until thick. Add almond flavoring and cinnamon, reserved peach slices, sliced strawberries and blueberries; heat throughout.
Serve over angel food cake for guest or add to cottage cheese, Greek yogurt or ricotta cheese for bariatric patients for a high protein and tasty treat! Gastric bypass patients, please note that a 1oz serving will keep you below 15g of carbohydrates and help prevent dumping.
Serves approximately 4
Fun Cooking Health Facts
· Adding color to your meal can increase the production of feel good hormones increasing your over all sense of meal satisfaction
· Just Like Sugar has 0 calories, scores a 0 on the glycemic index, is made from all natural food derivatives and contains fiber. It is a perfect alternative to regular sugar or sugar substitutes that can actually decrease hunger as you eat it.
· Blueberries are a good source of antioxidants and fiber that assists with healthy skin, a healthy body, and the feeling of hunger satisfaction?
· Cinnamon can reduce nausea and can increase insulin sensitivity to help focus burning of fat.
Happy 4th of July!
Prudence
