Gluten-Free Food,Kiwi Style

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Here are a few more berry recipes which are fantastic at this time of year.  I have heaps of strawberries in my garden at the moment which we are demolishing rather quickly but these recipes also use frozen berries which are plentiful all year round.

RED FRUIT SALAD

Cut out half a watermelon.  Scoop small watermelon balls from watermelon flesh. Hull strawberries. Fill the cut-out watermelon half with the watermelon balls and strawberries.

TROPICAL ICE-BLOCKS

250g strawberries, hulled, cut into bite size

250g can diced pineapple

4 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced

750ml orange juice

Mix altogether and put into ice-block moulds, freeze.

STRAWBERRY FROZEN YOGHURT ICE-BLOCKS

Puree 1 cup of hulled strawberries in a blender until gritty. Mix in 500g of plain natural yoghurt.  Pour into plastic ice block moulds and freeze.

RASPBERRY ICE-CREAM

2 litres GF vanilla ice-cream, softened

2 ½ cups frozen raspberries

½ cup frozen blueberries

1 cup chocolate, roughly chopped

½ cup nuts, roughly chopped

Place all the ingredients into a large bowl and blend well.  Scrape into a 23cm round silicon cake tin and cover with gladwrap or plastic cover.  Refrigerate overnight at least. Slice to serve – serves many!

Variations: add liqueur,  GF marshmallows, pureed berries

RASPBERRY ICECREAM LAYERS

2 litres vanilla ice-cream, softened

600g fresh raspberries

Line a standard loaf tin with baking paper leaving an overhang over the tin edges or alternatively use a silicon loaf tin.  Layer half the icecream, then half the fruit, repeat.  Place in the freezer for 3-4 hours or until firm. Slice to serve – serves 6-8

POWER OF RED SMOOTHIE

90g fresh strawberries, hulled

1 banana, sliced

60g raspberries

450ml milk

1 scoop GF vanilla icecream

Blend all the fruit.  Add the milk and icecream, blend again.

STRAWBERRY ENERGISER

1 banana

1 cup fresh strawberries

½ cup milk

½ cup GF strawberry yoghurt

½ cup ice

Combine in a blender and blend until smooth.

REFRESHING STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE

½ cup frozen strawberries

¼ cup frozen sliced banana

½ cup milk

½ cup plain or GF strawberry yoghurt

Combine frozen fruit in a blender then add milk and yoghurt.  Blend again