Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Peach Treat

I like to have recipes in my mind when I freeze or can fruit so that I have the fruit portioned to the correct amounts.  Here is a simple recipe meant for fresh fruit.  But I was missing a key ingredient so I made it with frozen fruit.

1/3 cup pureed peaches (I added cinnamon)
1/3 cup chopped peach
1/3 cup vanilla yogurt


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Peaches & Cinnamon ready to puree
I filled up my bullet drink cup with cut peaches and cinnamon.  I've been on a cinnamon kick to help get my blood sugar levels under control. - - - more later on that topic.

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Pureed Peaches
 A very short time of processing in my bullet and the peaches were pureed.  I labeled snack pack bags "1/3 cup pureed peaches with cinnamon" and the date and filled them up to freeze them. (If I would have had yogurt on hand 1/3 cup would have been mixed fresh.)

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Chopped Peaches
 Then I chopped up several peaches.  I measured 1/3 cup chopped peaches labeled the same number of baggies that I did for puree and filled them.

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1/3 cup yogurt
 The easy part is adding some yogurt.  No prep work for that one.

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Yogurt and frozen puree
 At this point I moved away from the recipe that I had.  They didn't freeze their puree or peaches.  The consistency of my treat will be thicker because of my frozen ingredients.

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Peach Yogurt Treat
 Once the puree has been mixed with thee yogurt, add your chunked peaches and enjoy.  I don't like eating frozen peaches and I didn't get mine out of the freezer in time to thaw. 

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Peach Treat Turned Smoothie
I put the blade back on and processed it just a little while longer. Frozen fruit will take the yogurt mix and change it into a smoothie.  - nice trick!  That is why I usually have 1/3-1/2 cup portions of fruit frozen in snack bags.  For today's mixture I mixed it long enough to get a smoothie consistency and still left a few pieces of fruit.  Enjoy this delicious peach treat whether you choose fruit yogurt or fruit smoothie.

Sorry my blog is late today.  I was at my sister's place working from there and making sure that she got the rest she needed.  It is nice to have a job that you can work from anyplace that has internet.  :^)

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