Fruits can add variety to little one's meals. Finding fun food for kids can be as easy as bringing them to the grocer with you. Choosing fruits that are delicious and loaded with vitamins can be a fun project.
Getting little ones to consume fruit can be easy when we make it fun and entertaining. Since fruit should be a staple in every family's menu, let the little ones select what fruits they require to make an exciting and interesting fruit pizza project.
It may surprise you that the fruits they choose at the farmer's market. Let the kids select what fruits and vegetables they want for their at home project.
Opt for interesting or colorful fruits at the grocery store or farmers' market, then turn the kids loose making imaginative faces on this delicious fruit pizza. Odds are, they'll snack as they construct--and love what they taste.
Select fruits in a wide range of palettes and sizes. Let the kids design the pizza with creative faces or create other shapes on this colorful and fun pizza.
Ingredients.
Ready to bake piecrust
Filling 1/2 cup fat free or low fat cream cheese 1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1.4 teaspoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon 1% milk
Toppings Opt for strawberries for the nose, kiwi fruit or seedless grapes for the eyes, a banana for the mouth. The options for making shapes are only limited by their imaginations. The kids can select pineapples, mandarin oranges, or any fruit they desire.
Instructions: 1. Let the piecrust come to room temperature per the package instructions, then unfold it onto a large cookie sheet or pizza pan.
2. Roll up edges of the crust, crimping them slightly so that they'll stay rolled up. Prick the crust gently with a fork in about 20 places (allowing air to escape).
3. Bake the crust in a preheated 450 degree oven for about 9 minutes or until it's lightly browned.
Remove from the crust from the oven
4. Whisk together cream cheese ,sugar, and vanilla extract, lemon juice adding just enough milk to make the mix able to spread onto the crust.
*Allow the crust to cool. *Spread the cream-cheese mixture with a rubber spatula, *Spread to the edge of the crust
Now its time for the kids to help out.
*Allow the kids to arrange the fruit onto the cream cheese mixture. Don't worry if it is not perfect. It is perfectly healthy and fun. Kids may want to add sprinkles. Let their imaginations go wild.
*Refrigerate the pizza for at least 1 hour *Cut with a sharp knife and serve
The kids will be impatient and want to devour the pizza right away. The pizza cream cheese is almost already set. So after cleanup, let the children to assist you here. They will be eager to taste their creation.
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