Are you one of the many people concerned about calorie overload on Easter? With Easter eggs, chocolate, ham, more chocolate, turkey, salads, and cakes, it is easy to find yourself overwhelmed by the end of the day. Why not make some healthy Easter treats everyone can enjoy and cut out some of the sugar?
Most people make some kind of fruit salad for Easter dinner. It may be prepared with canned fruit cocktail or be made with fresh fruit, but it inevitably has a thick, sugary whipped cream dressing on it. While the kids are busy sucking the whipped cream off the fruit, everyone else is remarking how wonderful to have a fruit salad again since it is finally spring.
Why not try something a little different? Young and old alike will love fruit kabobs. They are colorful, delicious, and fun, with the added advantage that they are not coated in whipped cream. Everyone likes eating food on sticks! You can even clip off the pointy end of the wooden kabob skewer for safety if you have children eating them.
The fun thing about these kabobs is you can arrange them however, you like. Maybe you want to pair up the fruit with small slices of a complementary cheese. Depending on what kind of fruit you get, maybe you want to fire up the barbecue and grill them for a few moments. You can even encourage everyone to get in on the act and help put them together. Have a contest on who can make the prettiest kabobs, the most colorful, the tastiest, and so on.
For those who need that extra sweetness, provide a yogurt honey dip that is healthy and refreshing. Fruit can be pulled off the kabob and dipped in this delicious creamy sauce as they eat. The dip can be made ahead of time and chilled or it can be made at the last minute.
Recipe for Healthy Fruit Kabobs
Note: If you want to add pineapple to this recipe, you can either use it fresh or grill it first for a caramelized, smoky flavor. Another way to make it fun is to use a tiny cookie cutter and cut up the cheese and melon into fun shapes.
What You Will Need:
- Bamboo skewers
- Strawberries
- Grapes
- Mixed berries
- Melon chunks
- Cheese chunks
- Apple slices
- Banana slices
- Mandarin orange slices
- Vanilla yogurt
- Honey
- Cinnamon
How to Make It:
Cut up the fruit until it is all bite sized. Keep each type of fruit in its own bowl. Apples and bananas should be dipped in lemon juice to keep them from browning. Set out the skewers and get your helpers ready to start kabobbing!
Grab a skewer and start putting the fruit and cheese on the stick. Use caution so no one pokes themselves with the pointy end; it is sharp. The goal is to make the kabobs colorful and vary the contents so you do not have two grapes or two strawberries together in a row. Have your helpers lay their finished kabobs on a platter as they finish them. Wrap the platter in plastic wrap and keep chilled until you are ready to serve them.
For the dip, mix the honey, yogurt, and cinnamon in a bowl and stir until well blended. Serve the dip with the fruit kabobs.
Easy party appetizers like fruit kabobs are fun to make and serve. Whenever you need a cold appetizer recipe, consider this one. It is so simple and fun for everyone. Make your next party memorable with some fun appetizers.
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