Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Chips

This is a fun summer snack. It's sweet enough to get rid of that sweet tooth, but healthy enough that you don't feel guilty eating it. The salsa is really easy to make, but the chips can be a little tricky so read my tips at the bottom of the post. Here's how...

INGREDIENTS:
1 apple
3 c. strawberries
2 kiwi
1 orange
1/2 a mango
1-2 spoonfuls of brown sugar
10+ flour tortillas
1 c. cinnamon and sugar

Chop strawberries, apples, kiwi and mango into small pieces. Strawberries about the size of you fingernail, mango a little smaller, apples a little smaller and kiwi smallest of all. Put in a medium bowl. Squeeze half the orange juice on top of the fruit. Stir in brown sugar and mix well. Set in fridge while make chips.

Preheat broiler. Rub a small amount of water on the top of each tortilla. Just enough to make the cinnamon and sugar stick. Generously sprinkle with the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Cut the tortilla like a pizza, making them look like tortilla chips. Repeat with the other tortillas. Place "chips" on a baking sheet and broil for 2-3 minutes. Flop and broil again for about 1 minute. Watch these close! They burn easily!!

Let the chips cool and serve with fruit salsa.

Tip#1. You can use soft butter if you want to rub on the tortillas. It tastes a little better, but it also adds calories. I don't think it needs butter, but that's a personal choice.

Tip#2. You can bake the chips slower in the oven on a lower heat. I've never done it, but I've heard it works.

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