One of those projects is DIY fruit leather. I'm not a big fan of packaged fruit skins/rollups because they are packed with sugar. But my kids keep asking for them. So guess what? We're going to make fruit leather at home, thanks to this neat DIY tutorial over at Make and Takes. The instructions call for apricot, but you can easily substitute other fruits. And as
I think kids would get a charge out of letting the sun "cook" the fruit spread into leather. And you don't need any fancy equipment to make the fruit leather. Along with your basic ingredients, a blender, cookie sheet and plastic wrap can do the trick.
If you try it out, let us know how it goes!
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Posted by Thu May 21, 2009 11:20am PDT
Report AbuseI have made these and they are DELICIOSO!!! Ours came out a little "lumpier", and we used cookie cutters to make shapes out of ours. The kids ate them in no time!
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Posted by Fri May 22, 2009 10:31am PDT
Report AbuseYay! I have a whole flat of strawberries I can use for this. We have friends who gave us some dried fruit they made with their new food hydrator. I was thinking of buying one, but this sounds just as good and healthy! Thanks Charlene...you just saved us a lot of money! :)
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Posted by Fri May 22, 2009 1:31pm PDT
Report AbuseThis site is so cute and had many good idea! This recipe is only the beginning!
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Posted by Fri May 22, 2009 3:31pm PDT
Report AbuseThis is wonderful and a great day with the kids.
I want some!!!!!!!!
Happy Memorial Day
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Posted by Sun May 24, 2009 2:11pm PDT
Report AbuseI am making her cake mix cookies right now. MMMMM they smell good!
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