Need some healthy desert ideas to keep cool this summer?


Here are some team favorites

Fruit Pizza:
1 Pie crust
pkg.  (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
¼ cup  natural sugar
½ tsp.  vanilla
4 cups  assorted fresh fruit (kiwi and strawberry slices, red and black raspberries, drained canned mandarin oranges)
¼ cup apricot preserves, pressed through sieve to remove lumps
1Tbsp.  water
In order to make it
HEAT oven to 375°F.
LINE 12-inch pizza pan with foil; spray with cooking spray. Arrange cookie dough slices in single layer in prepared pan; press together to completely cover bottom of pan. Bake 14 min.; cool completely.
INVERT onto plate; carefully remove foil. Turn crust over; place on plate.
BEAT cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with mixer until blended; spread onto crust. Top with fruit.
MIX preserves and water; brush onto fruit. Refrigerate 2 hours.

Whip up a quick fruit smoothie and cool off this summer:

Ingredients:

  • 1-1/2 cups dark sweet frozen cherries (pitted, unsweetened)
  • 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
  • 1 cup non-fat vanilla soy milk

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