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Day: June 16, 2015

  • Dove Blueberry Milkshake

    Dove Blueberry Milkshake

    *I received an Influenster Box with Dove Fruit. All opinions are my own.
     
    A couple weeks ago when our temps hit the mid 80’s I was dying! Suffice it to say, I’m not a warm weather gal. This Dove Blueberry Milkshake came at the right time to cool off just as the weather started to cool off too. 
     
    Dove Blueberry Milkshake
     
    Ever since Dove came out with their Real Fruit Chocolate, I have been hooked! We found some snack bags for 10cents one day at our local Walmart and practically bought them out. They made great incentive treats for the kids. 
    As great as these are to just snack on, I knew I could really indulge if I tossed them in a milkshake. We’ve done a lot of smoothies this year, but milkshakes are new to the kids. They weren’t sold on the idea until they learned it included ice cream
     and chocolate.

    Dove Blueberry Milkshake

    Dove Blueberry Milkshake
    No excuse needed to cool down with this Dove Blueberry Milkshake
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    Ingredients
    1. 1 bag Dove Real Fruit Blueberries
    2. 2 cups Vanilla Ice Cream
    3. 3/4 cup Frozen Blueberries
    4. 1 cup milk
    Instructions
    1. Combine the ice cream, milk, blueberries and Dove in a blender.
    2. Blend until smooth.
    3. Top with a few Dove Real Fruit Blueberries and enjoy.
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    Enjoyed this recipe? Check out this Homemade Horchata
     
     
  • Malagasy Vanilla Fruit Salad

    Malagasy Vanilla Fruit Salad

    Enjoy a bowl of fresh fruit flavored with vanilla bean and transport yourself to the island of Madagascar. 
    Malagasy Vanilla Fruit Salad
     
    Well I’m a week late getting this up, so I apologize about that. I had it all made and ready to go last week, but it was one of those high stress times in my life. Not much got done except around the house. I’ve been doing some huge purging everyday, and then I repurge the same room a few days later. When did we collect so much stuff?
     

    I would love to move to some tropical island, where we live off the fruit that grows abundantly, and a small garden. Our toys would be the sand, and the kids would enjoy working and playing outside all day. Ah that would be the life. 
     
    This month Food of the World is visiting Madagascar. The cuisine there is referred to as Malagasy, which I learned came from the old country name of Malagasy. They eat quite a variety of foods, as they have influence from many countries. When it comes to dessert’s though, it’s usually a bowl of fresh fruit. I was quite excited when walking through Walmart and found a papaya. Here in the frigid north I did not expect to ever find fresh papaya! Sadly it was not the most flavourful fruit I’ve had, but it worked nicely in this mix with mango and vanilla bean. 
     
    Malagasy Vanilla Fruit Salad
     
     
    Malagasy Vanilla Fruit Salad
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    Ingredients
    1. 1 Papaya, cut into chunks
    2. 3 mangoes, cut into chunks
    3. 1 vanilla bean
    Instructions
    1. Mix the papaya and mango together.
    2. Slice the vanilla bean lengthwise.
    3. Using the back of your knife, scrape out the seeds, and mix with the fruit.
    4. Enjoy a bit of Madagascar.
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    Fun Fact! I use Rodelle Vanilla beans which are considered “Bourbon” vanilla beans. This is because they come from Madagascar, not because they use Bourbon. 


     
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