Fruit Salad Yummy Yummy

Fresh Fruit Salad is a fantastic way to combine different coloured fruits to ensure we get a mix of nutrients. It’s also very popular with children, making it an excellent choice for morning or afternoon tea at the centre. Try different combinations of fruit by checking what’s in season. I do like to keep oranges in the mix, as they stop the other fruits such as apples and bananas from going brown. Here we combined our Fresh Fruit Salad with a delicious and naturally flavoured Strawberry and Vanilla Yoghurt. You can easily make flavoured yoghurts as well, and serve it as a healthier alternative to the high in sugar, commercially flavoured variety.

Fresh Fruit Salad w/ Strawberry and Vanilla Yoghurt

Serves 10 pre-schoolers
For the Fruit Salad:

1 banana, peeled
1 orange, peeled
1 apple, washed
1 green kiwifruit, peeled
1 gold kiwifruit, peeled
¼ tsp cinnamon

1. Dice all the fruit into small cubes.
2. Place all the fruit in a bowl, add the cinnamon and give a stir so all fruit is mixed well and coated with the spice.
3. The fruit salad is ready to serve, or it can be covered and placed in the fridge for a few hours.

​Strawberry and Vanilla Yoghurt

6 – 8 large strawberries
¼ tsp vanilla essence
1kg tub plain Greek yoghurt

1. Halve the strawberries and place in a blender with the vanilla essence and a little water. Blend until strawberries are crushed and turn into a pulpy juice.
   
2. Spoon the yoghurt and strawberry pulp into a bowl and mix it.
   
3. Serve it with the Fruit Salad and enjoy!
   

This is the  finished product combining the fresh fruit salad and the delicious strawberry yogurt.  the children will love it and it will provide them with so many great vitamins, minerals and fibre!