Happy 4th of July Fruit topping or Fruit salad

Fourth of July Fruit  Topping or Salad

Topping on french toast.

It is 4th of July in the United States tomorrow. It is nice to celebrate living in America and think of those who fought and are still fighting for our freedom. I hope you have something fun to do for your day. We are going to have a family barbecue which should be nice.

I thought this would a fun topping for french toast, pancakes or waffles for your breakfast. You could also just eat it as a salad. The other yummy way to eat it is as a topping with vanilla ice cream or with almond cream. So you can decide. It whips up really fast and no oven needed.

Ingredients:
1 lb of strawberries washed and sliced in thin slices
1/2 lb of blackberries washed
1/4 C blueberries
1 banana
For sauce:
6 strawberries
1 1 T honey
Powdered sugar to dust on top

Directions:
1. Prepare fruit. For Salad: Place strawberries on the bottom and then put blackberries in the middle.
2. Slice a banana and put around the edges. Scatter blueberries around the edges.
3. Place 6 strawberries in the blender and pour in honey. Blend until smooth.
4. Drizzle over the fruit. Place powdered sugar in sifter and dust with powdered sugar.
5. If you are doing it as a topping you can arrange as desired. Have a nice holiday 

Nectarine Berry Crumble

I had a lot of fun with this. I had a large amount of nectarines. That needed to be used, I was in the mood to do some fall baking, and so I came up with this. I love the color and flavor combination. I had never used nectarines in a dessert they were tasty. It would taste great with whip cream, ice cream, or almond milk. I tried the almond milk on it. I did try a bite with ice cream too. Both were very tasty. :) This could be eaten at breakfast, or for a snack. 

Ingredients:
7 C nectarines peeled and chopped into bite size pieces
3 T fresh orange juice or juice from one orange (I even added some pulp)
3 T kamut flour or whole grain flour
3 T honey
1 1/2 C blackberries or boysenberries
1/2 whole grain flour
3/4 C coconut oil
2 C old fashioned oatmeal
1/2 C brown sugar or other sweetener (Add more if you want it sweeter) 
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking powder 
Topping: Ice cream, whip cream, or almond milk or?  

Directions: Preheat oven to 350
1. In a  bowl mix together the nectarines, juice, flour and honey.
2. Fold in the berries and pour into a greased 9x13.
3. In another bowl. Mix together with a pastry blender or 2 forks, flour, oil, brown sugar, oatmeal, nutmeg, cinnamon, and baking powder. It should be a crumbly mixture when you are all done.
4. Spread over the top of the fruit.
5. Bake for about 20-30 min till the fruit is tender. Enjoy with your favorite topping.