peach recipes & posts

Peach Lemonade
2 peaches, peeled and diced
4 cups water
sugar, to taste (I used about 1/2 cup)
3/4 cups lemon juice
Bring peaches, sugar, and water to a boil.
Stir and simmer until the sugar is dissolved, about 10 minutes.
Allow the mixture to cool, then strain into pitcher, crushing peaches to extract juice.
Stir in the lemon juice.
Serve over ice.
4 servings.

2 medium apples
1 cup strawberries, fresh or frozen
1 kiwi
1 orange
1 cup peaches, fresh or canned
2 tablespoons jelly
2 tablespoons brown sugar
½ cup orange juice
Peel and finely chop all fruit; Put in large bowl.
Stir together jelly, brown sugar and orange juice.
Pour jelly sauce over fruit mixture.
Several Servings.
Tip:
Serve with Bagel Chips, Pita Chips, or Tortilla Chips.

4 6-inch tortillas
4 tbs peanut butter
1 banana, sliced
4 strawberries, sliced
1 peach, peeled & sliced (remove pit)
1/4 cup blueberries
4 tbs vanilla yogurt
Spread about 1 tbs peanut butter over each tortilla.
Place fruit slices down center of each burrito.
Drizzle 1 tbs vanilla yogurt over fruit.
Roll up tortilla, burrito-style (fold up one side, tuck under fruit, fold up bottom, [...]

21 oz can peach pie filling
29 oz can fruit cocktail in light syrup, drained
20 oz can pineapple chunks, drained
15 oz mandarin oranges, drained
2 firm bananas, sliced
Combine first four ingredients in large bowl, cover and refrigerate until chilled.
Stir in bananas before serving.
12 Servings

This is one very easy way to use up whatever ripe fruit you have on hand. Just cut 3 or more fruits into bite sized pieces, mix together, and chill overnight so the flavors can “merge”. Try: bananas, strawberries, oranges, peaches, melon, blueberries, kiwi, grapes, etc. My kids love it.

½ cup plain yogurt
½ cup orange juice
½ cup water
1 peach, peeled & chopped
Place all ingredients in blender container.
Blend until smooth.
2 servings.