A Yummy American Girl Treat!!

If you have a daughter like mine, they absolutely LOVE the American Girl dolls!! Hannah's collection just keeps on growing. She recently has gotten into the activity books put out by the American Girl Co. besides the dolls, so that's a good thing. Many of them are very educational as well as fun!!

The most recent book she's working her way through is called
"Molly Just for Fun"



Inside this book was a wonderful recipe for 'Frozen Fruit Cups'. They are SO good!!!!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of orange juice
• 15 ounce can of crushed pineapple in it's own juice
• 7 ounce can of mandarin oranges
• 1 pint of strawberries
• 2 bananas
• 1 1/2 cups of ginger ale (use diet if you need to)

Other things you'll need:

• measuring cup with spout
• large mixing bowl
• can opener
• knife
• cutting board
• mixing spoon
• 5 ounce paper drinking cups (we used large plastic ones!)
• plastic wrap

The process: (written in very simple terms for children)

• Measure the orange juice into the mixing bowl.
• Open the cans of crushed pineapple and mandarin oranges.
• Add the pineapple and its juice to the mixing bowl.
• Drain the juice from the mandarin oranges into the sink. Cut the mandarin oranges into small pieces and add them to the mixing bowl.
• Wash the strawberries. Use the knife to remove the stems and cut the strawberries into small pieces. Add the strawberries to the mixing bowl.
• Peel the bananas and cut them into small pieces. Add the bananas to the mixing bowl.
• Stir the fruits and juices together, and then stir in the ginger ale.
• Dip the measuring cup into the mixing bowl. Fill the measuring cup with the fruit mixture. Pour the fruit mixture into the cups.
• Cover the top of each cup with plastic wrap.
• Put the cups into the freezer for several hours or overnight.
• Enjoy!!!

We used tall plastic cups...they hold up better in the freezer.


Mmmmmm...ready to eat!


The delicious result!! They are very refreshing...especially after a good workout on Wii-Fit...I'd know...that's when I had mine! =)


Hannah, enjoying the 'fruits' of her labor!!! (pun intended!)