HEALTHY FRUIT SALAD

This is my favorite summertime fruit salad-- cooling, and refreshing. Beautiful blend of colors and flavors.

If you are tempted to put watermelon because of the bright red color - - don't! Watermelon will react with calamansi and soon will turn bitter.

Summer fruits are nature's wonderful medicine packed with vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants and many nutrients. Fruits are low in calories and fat and a source of simple sugars.

Ingredients:

1 c lakatan bananas (chopped)

1 c ripe mangoes (cubed)

1 c melon (balls)

1 c canned pineapple tidbits

syrup:

1 c sugar

1/2 c water

2 Tbsp calamansi juice (or lemon juice)

2 Tbsp vanilla

1. Mix all fruits together in a bowl. Set aside.

2. Prepare syrup: In a saucepan, boil sugar and vanilla in water. Let
    cool. Add calamansi juice.

3. Pour sugar-calamansi syrup over mixed fruits. Toss and chill.
    serve cold.

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SALSA DE FRUTAS

This is not as sweet as a fruit jam, just sweet and chewy enough to enjoy that natural fruity flavor. I love it as 'palaman' (spread) to hot pan de sal. Salsa de Frutas means 'fruit topping sauce'. It is a simple fruit topping served on top of ice cream, cake, flan, pudding or as filling to rolls or as spread to any kind of bread.

 It is originally a Spanish dessert that originally made use of blueberries or strawberries cooked in sugar, and when applied to Philippine tropical fruits taste even better.

Fruits are nature's fast food. They contains lots of water, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. The carbohydrate in fruits is mainly in the form of fruit sugar (fructose). 

It doesn't upset the body's blood sugar levels or cause the body to store more fat as refined sugars do. That's because of the way fruit sugar enters the bloodstream and the healthy presence of dietary fiber.

While whole fruits are relishable as nature makes them, they can be turned into simple and delicious gourmet desserts such as this one. This is my eggless Basic Butter Chiffon Cake with mango salsa on top. You can use any of your favorite cakes or flans to put salsa de frutas on.

Ingredients:

2-3 c of any fresh fruit such as mango,pineapple, melon, buko (young coconut), strawberry, langka (jackfruit), etc (chopped finely, mashed or shredded)

1/4 c sugar

Procedure:

1. In a pan combine fruit and sugar. Simmer for 10 minutes.
    Remove from heat. Allow to cool.

2. Serve on top of vanilla ice cream, or any of your favorite cake,
    flan or pudding.

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