4th of July Treats

Wow! Can you believe it is already the middle of the summer, and we are celebrating the 4th of July this week? I can't... I have always loved the 4th of July! I feel truly blessed to live in such a wonderful place and to have the freedoms that I do! Each year when the 4th of July rolls around, I always want to make some festive treat; I want to share a few of my favorite festive treats with all of you.

Red, White and Blue Strawberries! YUMMY!

What you will need:

• Strawberries
• White Chocolate (you can use chocolate chips, almond bark, etc).
• Blue Sprinkles
• Wax paper

Directions:

• Wash and dry your strawberries. Make sure the strawberries are completely dry or the chocolate won't stick.
• Melt the chocolate over the stovetop. Chocolate burns really easy, so make sure the temperature is on medium-low or low. 
• Once the chocolate is melted, dip each strawberry in the chocolate. Once you have the strawberry dipped, you can then dip a 1/4 of the strawberry into the blue sprinkles that you have poured in a bowl. Then set on the wax paper. If you'd rather you can just sprinkle the blue sprinkles onto the strawberry as it sits on the wax paper.
• Enjoy eating your yummy and festive red, white, and blue strawberries! 

American Flag Fruit Pizza

I am a sucker for fruit pizza, so of course I have to make a festive one for the 4th of July. 

This is really yummy for Breakfast. 

Ingredients

Crust:

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup margarine
• 2 beaten eggs

Cream Cheese Topping:

• 2 - 8oz cream cheese
• 6 TBSP. sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Toppings to make the American Flag:

• Strawberries, Bananas, and Blueberries

Directions:

• To make the crust you will need to sift the dry ingredients. Cut in margarine until crumbly. Add beaten eggs. Mix. Press into greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes and cool. 
• For cream cheese topping you will mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Spread over crust. 
• Then place your sliced fruit on the pizza forming the American Flag. 

Red, White, and Blue Fruit Salad

This is pretty self-explanatory so you don't really need directions... :) 

This Fruit Salad has 3 fruits:

• Sliced Strawberries (or raspberries), Blueberries, and Diced Apples

I hope each of you have a wonderful 4th of July that is FULL of Fun, laughter, gratitude, and of course YUMMY TREATS :)!