Fruit Salsa & Cinnamon Chips

NOT my picture...although I do have that bowl ;)

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I made these a couple times for my class and I keep forgetting to post the recipe for everyone! This is the perfect recipe for brunches, cook-outs, or grilling out as people call it in Indiana! I'm learning ;)

Fruit Salsa & Cinnamon Chips

Original recipe can be found at http://www.tasteofhome.com/

Ingrediants for Fruit Salsa

1 cup finely chopped fresh strawberries (super tiny pieces, think the size of ingrediants in a regular salsa)
1 medium orange, peeled and finely chopped
3 medium kiwi, peeled and finely chopped
1 can (8 oz) unsweetened crushed pineapple, drained
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp. sugar (add more to taste, I usually adjust this based on the ripeness of the fruit)

Ingrediants for Cinnamon Chips

10 flour tortillas (8 inch)
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon

Fruit Salsa Directions

1. In small bowl, combine all six ingrediants.
2. Cover and refrigerate until serving.
3. See, I told you this was easy!

Cinnamon Chip Directions

1. Brush tortillas with melted butter and cut each into 8 wedges.
2. Combine sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over tortillas
*NOTE: I usually have to make 2 batches of the sugar/cinnamon combo in order to have enough for all 10 tortillas.
3. Place tortilla wedges on baking sheets
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 5-10 minutes or just until crisp.
5. Allow chips to cool before eating (I learned this the hard way! lol)
6. ENJOY! :)

Healthy Apple Crunch

No homework to do tonight so it's time to make some dessert! :)

This is a healthy alternative to an apple crisp and is just as yummy as the real thing! However, I used granny smith apples and would recommend using a different kind of apple if you don't want a tart dessert. It was still delicious but definitely had a bite to it!

Apple Crunch
http://goodthingscatered.blogspot.com/2008/02/apple-crunch.html

Ingredients
4 large apples
1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
4 Tbsp butter (cold)
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp vanilla

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees and spray an 8x8 baking dish with baking spray. Peel, core, and dice apples into 1/2-inch pieces. Spread apples evenly in baking dish.

In medium bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cut butter into small pieces and add to dry ingredients along with the vanilla. With pastry blender, cut butter into dry ingredients until all butter is about the size of a small pea. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over apples.

Place baking dish in oven and bake for 55-60 minutes or until apples have cooked down and begun to caramelize. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Yes I added ice cream to a healthy dessert! lol.