August 21, 2009 at 12:02 pm (7 ingredients or less, Beverages, blender, frozen blueberries, frozen cherries, grapes, rooibos tea bags, silken tofu)
Serves 4
3/4 cup water
2 Rooibos tea bags
6 ounces silken tofu
10 ounces (2 cups) frozen sweet cherries
6 ounces (1 cup) frozen grapes
3 ounces (1/2 cup) frozen blueberries
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1. Bring water to a simmer. Immediately remove from heat, and add tea bags. Let steep, uncovered, for 8 minutes. Discard tea bags. Refrigerate tea until cold, about 40 minutes.
2. Puree tea, tofu, and fruit in a blender until smooth, and serve cold.
June 10, 2009 at 1:08 pm (7 ingredients or less, Beverages, blender, Breakfast, frozen cherries, milk, no-cook, Quick Dishes, semisweet chocolate chips, vanilla yogurt)
1 C skim milk
1 C frozen cherries
3 oz fat-free vanilla yogurt
1/4 C semisweet chocolate chips
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In a blender, combine all ingredients. Mix until smooth. Makes 1 serving with 402 calories.
May 26, 2009 at 3:20 pm (baking powder, butter, cinnamon, cornstarch, flour, frozen cherries, ground ginger, lemon juice, light brown sugar, old-fashioned oats, oven, pie, salt, Summer, vanilla ice cream)
Serves 5.
5 C fresh or frozen (thawed) pitted cherries
1 T cornstarch
1/2 C light brown sugar
2 T lemon juice
6 T flour
1 1/2 C old-fashioned oats
6 T light brown sugar
1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1/4 t ginger
1/4 t cinnamon
8 T unsalted butter
Vanilla ice cream, if desired
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1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, mix cherries, cornstarch, 1/2 C light brown sugar and lemon juice. Set aside.
2. In a nother bowl, whisk together flour, oats, 6 T light brown sugar, baking powder, salt, ginger and cinnamon. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or your hands until mixture looks like coarse crumbs (texture will be like crumbly cookie dough).
3. Fill 5 mini aluminum pie tins with cherry mixture; top with crumbs. (Use an 8×8″ pan if you don’t have pie tins.) Bake for 30 minutes (40 to 45 minutes if you use a pan) until topping is golden and juices are slightly thick. Serve warm with ice cream, if using.
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