Colorful Drinks and Pastry Recipes with Fruit Me Up

As kids learn to be more independent, they tend to become picky-eaters as they identify the flavors they like. This makes it especially tricky then for parents who only want to ensure their kids are properly nourished. It’s often that parents have a hard time convincing their toddlers to eat their fruits and vegetables. Sometimes, both moms and dads even go as far as searching the web for tips and tricks on how to open their kids’ palate to more nutritious offerings.

And if that’s exactly what you’re experiencing right now, hang in there —we’re here to help! Together with Fruit Me Up, let’s look at some fun healthy drinks and pastry recipes that you can whip up at home for your kids.

Here’s Fruit Me Up

Make it easier for your kids to eat fruits with Fruit Me Up! This refreshing snack is made from blended natural fruits with no artificial flavorings and added sugar. But what’s even better is that they come in handy pouches that make it easier for your kids to store them in their lunch box.

While Fruit Me Up is already a tasty and healthy snack on its own, you can still transform this drink into something even more exciting. Here are some colorful drinks and hearty pastry recipes that you can whip up at home using Fruit Me Up.

Colorful Drinks

1. Fruit & Yogurt Smoothie

What you’ll need:

• 1 Fruit Me Up 60ml of your choice
• 100ml Yogurt
• 40ml Milk
• 50ml Sugar syrup (optional)
• Ice cubes

What you’ll do:

• Add in your Fruit Me Up, yogurt, milk, and sugar syrup into your blender.
• Blend all the ingredients together, until well combined.
• Get a glass and add in your ice cubes and the blended smoothie over it.
• Garnish with some whipped cream and sliced fruits of your choice.
• Serve and enjoy!

2. Orange Juice Twist

What you’ll need:

• 1 Orange and Mint Fruit Me Up 60ml
• 120ml Jasmine tea
• 1 slice of orange
• 10ml Sugar syrup
• Ice cubes

What you’ll do:

• In a large glass, mix in your Fruit Me Up, jasmine tea, and sugar syrup.
• Using a stirrer or spoon, simply mix the ingredients all together until well combined.
• Add in the ice cubes in the serving glass, and pour the mixed drink after.
• Garnish the top of the glass with the slice of orange and a mint leaf.
• Serve and enjoy!

Enticing Pastries

1. Creamy Panna Cotta

What you’ll need:

• 120g Milk
• 120g Whipping cream
• 30g Sugar
• 4g Gelatin
• 1ml Vanilla extract
• 20g Fruit Me Up of your choice

What you’ll do:

• In a small bowl, place in hot water and sprinkle the gelatin on the top surface in a single layer.
• Meanwhile, take out a medium saucepan and heat your cream, sugar, and vanilla extract over medium heat. Bring it to a boil until the sugar completely dissolves.
• Stir in the gelatin over the mixture and stir it using a whisk until smooth and properly dissolved.
• Pour cream on small dessert glasses and refrigerate it for at least 2 to 3 hours.
• Once all set, top the cream mixture with Fruit Me Up.
• Serve and enjoy!

2. Sweet & Crumbly Apple Pie

What you’ll need:

For the dough:

• 120ml Water
• 250g Flour
• 5g Salt
• 5g Sugar
• 200g Butter

For the filling:

• 1 pack Fruit Me Up of your choice
• 8-10 Apples
• 100g Sugar
• 32g Flour
• 5g Salt
• 15g Butter

What you’ll do:

For the dough:

• In a food processor, add in your flour, salt, and sugar and mix until slightly combined.
• Add in the butter and mix until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.
• Sprinkle some water and continue mixing until consistency is slightly crumbly.
• Wrap the dough in a kitchen wrap and let it sit inside the fridge until it becomes firm.

For the filling:

• Flour your working surface and roll out your dough to a circle (until 3mm thick for reference) and place it on a 20cm pie plate after.
• Spread one pack of Fruit Me Up inside the dough.
• Slice up your apples and throw it in the Fruit Me Up filling with some sugar, salt, and cinnamon (optional).
• Bake it in 200 degrees Celsius for 25 minutes until the dough is golden brown and the filling becomes bubbly.
• Once done, let the pie cool on a wire wrack for a while.
• Slice it up, add some ice cream on top if you desire.
• Serve and enjoy!

From a simple snack-in-pouch, you can turn Fruit Me Up into these enticing drinks and pastries that your kids and family can enjoy. Not only do these serve as a great way to change things up for your kids, you’re also helping them eat up fruits in a way that they will like and appreciate.— (TGM)