Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Fruit at the Bottom


I am not a Fruit at the Bottom kind of girl. I guess I am not really a fruit girl at all. I like apples, but only when they come in a vacuumed packed bag and are pre-sliced. I like bananas, but only when they come in the form of banana bread, a pina colada, or a banana daiquiri. [Which, yes, I have been making a lot of lately (recipe underneath)] But on a whole, I am not a fan of "fruit fruit" (or maybe grown-up fruit).

That's why when I decide to eat healthy and eat yogurt for breakfast (albeit, I do add super-fattening granola, but whatever, it's still healthier than a egg and cheese) I don't want "fruit fruit" to come into the mix. If I wanted fruit for breakfast I would have just eaten fruit cocktail, but I didn't I ate yogurt and that's all I really want to find in my wonderful single serve plastic cup! The fruit at the bottom isn't a happy surprise for me. When I am done with my yogurt that was fruit flavored I don't think to myself wow, you know what I could really go for now? Some dehydrated soggy fruit!

If you are like me and you like to be able to control your intake of fruit and be able to control whether you want "kid approved fruit" as opposed to real people fruit don't even bother looking for yogurt that doesn't have the surprise fruit at the bottom. Why? Because even when you waste 30 minutes looking for a little plastic cup that does not say "Fruit at the Bottom!" you open the delightful little package and guess what's in there? FRUIT AT THE BOTTOM. SOGGY. GROSS. FRUIT AT THE BOTTOM!

I know that I am a little bit like a 5 year old with my intake of fruit (vegetables I am okay with, I love spinach, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes (okay technically a fruit) and so on) but I want to honestly find the one person who really likes the fruit at the bottom of their yogurt. It's slimy and gross and can't really be "real" fruit. So I'll keep pushing my fruit to the side, pulling it out of the cup completely and avoiding it at all cost...Your job? Find me someone who enjoys the Fruit at the Bottom!

Banana Daiquiri Recipe (Makes two)

1 lime
2 Tbs of Sugar
4 Jiggers of Light Rum (Use coconut rum to make it more beachy. 4 Jiggers=6 Oz)
2 C finely cracked ice
1 ripe banana

Put the juice of 1 lime, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 4 jiggers of rum, and 2 cups of ice into the container of a blender. Add 1 ripe banana (sliced), and blend the mixture for 15 seconds, or until smooth. (or until frothy. If you hear ice falling into the cup put it back in and blend it again. Once you see the froth you know you are good to go) Strain the banana daiquiri into chilled cocktail glasses.

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