![Healthy snacks: Strawberry Beet Fruit Leather recipe | One Hungry Mama]( "Healthy snacks: Strawberry Beet Fruit Leather recipe | One Hungry Mama")
Why mess with a good thing? That's my attitude about homemade fruit leather. Puree fruit, add a little natural sweetener if needed, put it in the oven. Out comes a perfect snack and, to be honest, I didn't think about messing with the recipe—certainly not by adding vegetables—until I started thinking about how I might boost the green color of my kiwi fruit leather.
As kiwi puree dehydrates, it turns more of a dark mossy color (see it there in the big one's lunch box?). I wondered if adding spinach might yield a brighter green. It turns out that it doesn't. But you know what else it doesn't do? Mess with the flavor.
![Homemade fruit roll up: Kiwi Spinach Fruit Leather recipe | One Hungry Mama]( "Homemade fruit roll up: Kiwi Spinach Fruit Leather recipe | One Hungry Mama")
Inspired by my kiwi-spinach experiment, I decided to pair strawberry and beet. Lo and behold: delicious! And the most beautiful color, too.
(more after the jump)
Why mess with a good thing? That's my attitude about homemade fruit leather. Puree fruit, add a little natural sweetener if needed, put it in the oven. Out comes a perfect snack and, to be honest, I didn't think about messing with the recipe—certainly not by adding vegetables—until I started thinking about how I might boost the green color of my kiwi fruit leather.
As kiwi puree dehydrates, it turns more of a dark mossy color (see it there in the big one's lunch box?). I wondered if adding spinach might yield a brighter green. It turns out that it doesn't. But you know what else it doesn't do? Mess with the flavor.
Inspired by my kiwi-spinach experiment, I decided to pair strawberry and beet. Lo and behold: delicious! And the most beautiful color, too.
(more after the jump)