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Dragon Fruit Sorbet

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Dragon Fruit Sorbet is a healthier dessert made with frozen raspberries, fresh dragon fruit, orange, lime and sugar that is vibrant and refreshing. This is the perfect dessert for a fun family night to watch the newly released How to Train Your Dragon 3.

The kids are on their first week of summer break and to kick it off we celebrated with a movie and fun dessert. The entire family has been eager for the release of How to Train Your Dragon 3 so it was an obvious choice for our special movie night. To keep with the dragon theme, I thought creating a recipe from dragon fruit would be exciting for the kids. Both the movie and the dragon fruit dessert ended up being a hit!

How to Train Your Dragon 3

No spoilers!

Our favorite characters are on a mission to free all the captured dragons and Hiccup is determined to find The Hidden World. A place free from humans and safe for the dragons. On their journey, our favorite dragon, Toothless, finds a love interest with a new female dragon character named Light Fury. Toothless attempting a mating dance with help from Hiccup will have your whole family laughing out loud! The movie explores friendships, new love and learning when to let go.

Walmart is the place to go to pick up the How To Train Your Dragon 3 Walmart Exclusive DVD Gift Set. The Walmart exclusive includes two Funko keychains of Toothless and Light Fury. Make sure to check out the fun How to Train Your Dragon apparel and toys on your Walmart shopping trip. We found a silky soft throw pillow featuring Hiccup and Toothless. My daughter also had to have the character toy Snotlout Jorgenson since he is one of the funniest characters on the series with the dragon Hookfang.

Head to Walmart and purchase the new release of How to Train Your Dragon 3 Walmart Exclusive DVD Gift Set today!

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Dragon Fruit Sorbet

Dragon Fruit Sorbet is sweet and flavorful with a nice punch of lime to balance all the sweetness. This sorbet is smooth and colorful and you can taste all the natural fruit inside. Perfect for a warm day.

Dragon Fruit

Dragon fruit comes from a flowering cactus species. You can find two common species of this tropical fruit in the grocery. You may find white flesh with pink skin or pink flesh with pink skin. The pink flesh with pink skin is what I used for the recipe today and it is usually labeled as a Red Dragon Fruit. I love to use the pink fleshed dragon fruit because the color is so vibrant and beautiful. The white can also be used for this recipe and the color of your sorbet with will be a light pink.

Taste

Dragon fruit is sweet and mild. Tastes much like a kiwi but with a more subtle flavor. This fruit is delicious on its own or in a recipe.

Nutrition

Dragon fruit is a low calorie fruit that is rich in antioxidants. Great addition to a healthy diet.

How to Prep

Preparing the dragon to eat is simple. Just slice down the middle lengthwise and scoop out the inside flesh using a spoon. You can either dice and freeze the fruit or eat it as is. Try adding it to a fruit salad for an interesting twist.

What is Sorbet?

Sorbet is a frozen fruit puree made with a sweetener. Sorbet can easily be made without an ice cream maker. Just blend some frozen fruit, sugar and juice. Then, add it to a 1.5 quart insulated ice cream tub to store and freeze. The sugar to liquid ratio is how you get that great sorbet texture so any fruit can be used for sorbet.

Icy Sorbet?

Left the sorbet in the freezer for a few weeks and it formed some ice? Don’t toss it! This mixture creates the perfect smoothie. Just add the sorbet to a blender with a banana and some water. Blend until smooth and serve.

Dragon Fruit Sorbet

Dragon Fruit Sorbet is a healthier dessert made with frozen raspberries, fresh dragon fruit, orange, lime and sugar that is vibrant and refreshing.

Course Dessert

Keyword dragon fruit, sorbet

Servings 6 servings

Author Amber

Ingredients

3 dragon fruit fresh
6 ounces raspberries frozen
2 limes juiced
1 orange juiced
3/4 cup sugar

Instructions

Juice the lime and orange. Slice the dragon fruit and use a spoon to remove the flesh from the outside.
Add ingredients to a blender or food processor.
Blend until smooth.
Place into a 1.5 quart ice cream container.
Freeze for 2 hours+. Remove from freezer to thaw out 10 minutes before scooping.

Notes

Sugar is what helps the sorbet keep its texture and from not turning into a giant pink ice cube. However, if you are consuming this sorbet immediately (within 2 hours of freezing), there is no need to add sugar so you can have an even healthier dessert. **Images are without any added sugar.

What is your favorite character from How to Train Your Dragon? Let me know in the comments below. Also, let me know how you are kicking off this summer vacation!

Triple Berry Smoothie

A Triple Berry Smoothie is made with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yogurt, honey and ice for a really quick and refreshing breakfast or snack anytime.

I love smoothies! Breakfast, lunch, snack… heck… sometimes, dinner- I just love them. I almost always use fresh berries for smoothies and can afford to do so because I don’t waste any food. So all those fruits and vegetables that are not eaten at the end of the week, get frozen for convenient smoothies. Either I toss everything in a little ziploc bag or if there are enough berries, I will actually portion out individual bags for smoothies. If you find yourself with any amount of waste from fruits and veggies every week, I recommend trying this out because why throw your money away when you can make a delicious, healthy smoothie out of it?

Don’t have waste? First, let me know your secrets that have your family eating all the healthy stuff and second, you can still totally makes!

Triple Berry Smoothie

Let’s get blending!

Start this Triple Berry Smoothie by washing your fruits, removing the stems slicing the strawberries in half and freezing the berries for a few hours (minimal). Add the fruit to a blender with some Greek yogurt, a pinch of sweetener and ice. Blend for 2 minutes or until smooth and drink up. You can use any sort of sweetener you like, personally I like local honey.

TIP

Make it a full meal by adding a scoop of your favorite vanilla or berry flavored protein powder!

Triple Berry Smoothie

A Triple Berry Smoothie is made with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yogurt, honey and ice for a really quick and refreshing breakfast or snack anytime.

Servings 1 serving

Author Amber

Ingredients

1/3 cup raspberries frozen
1/3 cup blueberries frozen
2/3 cup strawberries frozen
1/2 cup Greek yogurt
1/2 cup ice
2 teaspoons sweetener recommend honey

Instructions

Wash fruits. Remove the stems and cut strawberries in half. Measure out the fruit and place into a ziploc bag. You can make multiple ready-to-blend smoothie bags at once.
Once the berries are frozen, place into the blender with yogurt, honey and ice.
Blend for 2 minutes or until smooth and all the ice has broken up.

Love smoothies as much as I do? Also try this popular Strawberry Vanilla Smoothie from here at Simply Made Recipes.

15 Margarita Recipes That Are To Die For

Inspiration for this margarita round up came from the upcoming Cinco de Mayo that is around the corner! I love any excuse to eat Mexican food and drink a frozen margarita! Here are 15 ahh-mazing margarita recipes from some of my favorite food bloggers.

The Strawberry Margarita Granita from Sugar Spun Run because adult need slushies too.

[Click HERE for recipe}