Fun With Fruit
This has been one HOT day! We hit 90 degrees in the Philly area! When it’s hot outside, my cravings for cold foods definitely increases and fruit seems to be my number one pick!
There was no time for formal morning exercise since I had to be out the door early to chaperone little daughter’s field trip. Breakfast had to be simple and quick, too. A yogurt bowl works!
In the bowl…
- 1 cup plain nonfat greek yogurt
- 4 drops NuNaturals liquid vanilla stevia
- 8 strawberries
- 2 tbsp. sliced almonds
Pretty sloppy, huh? Sorry about that!
Then, it was off to school where my workout began. We piled 80 kids into a good old fashioned school bus with no air-conditioning for a 45 minute ride to visit the Camden Aquarium with every other school in the United States. Seriously. There were 33 other area schools visiting that day, not including the general public. It was craziness! I must have counted the kids in my group 1,000 times to make sure I didn’t lose anyone!
We buzzed around to see as much as possible with the time that we had allotted. The kids were wearing down and we broke for lunch. I brown-bagged it, too…
Applegate Farms Herbed Turkey Breast, mustard and baby spinach on Ezekiel bread…
with carrots and leftover (the last of it!) roasted chickpeas…
We toured more of the outdoor attractions at the Aquarium, loaded up the bus and went back to base camp. Sweaty. Very Sweaty.
When I got home, I needed water…
Aaaaaah 
The cool treats continued! I had a frozen banana calling my name. I’ve been seeing homemade banana fro-yo or banana ice cream on many blogs (most recently on Skinny In The City and Iowa Girl Eats!)and couldn’t wait to try it!
It’s just as easy as my watermelon water ice!
Place frozen banana in the food processor…
Let it run…
Almost there…
Creamy, fluffy and still frozen. Top with almonds, taste and cry from the goodness of it all…
Where has this been all my life? I can never be without it now. There may be a banana shortage soon.
I believe we can thank the “raw food community” for this small miracle!
Dinner was barley. Can you stand to see another barley dish? Good, because it seems to be reproducing on its own in my refrigerator.
Leftover Barley Delight – leftover Caprese Barley Salad, leftover chicken and grape tomatoes…
Now, I need some fruit! 
Brilliant Blogger: Tami at Nutmeg Notebook had a great post today about measuring your success by more than the scale. I loved her tip about trying on a clothing item every week to gauge the fit instead of relying on the scale. Such a fantastic concept!
Have a great day, everyone!
Does your appetite decrease in the heat? Do you crave more cold foods in the spring/summer?
Questions? Email me! aloserforlife@gmail.com
17 comments
Like you I seem to crave fruit when it is warm ! It has been really hot here so we have been living on fruit, cottage cheese, hardboiled eggs and salads. The banana ice cream is definitely yummy !!!
I just put a banana in the freezer yesterday, I was going to make a smoothie with it, but now….
I definitely want cold food when it’s hot out. I tend to eat less though. Obviously not enough “less”, lol, but I just don’t like to eat a lot when it’s hot out.
I love banana soft serve! I need to try your watermelon water ice, it looks awesome.
I crave fruit when I’m thirsty and hot, especially lemon. It’s so refreshing!
Jenn
Oh my goodness I remember those bus rides and field trips in the heat! You are a good mommy to go and chaperone!
I love me some banana soft serve and I like to also add a little frozen strawberries and some plain yogurt for a “big” bowl.
Thanks for the shout out about my post yesterday!
LOVE frozen bananas! You have our California weather, it poured last night, lightening and thunder, needless to say my son’s baseball game was a disaster. I gotta say i do crave more cold things but unfortunately my appetite does not decrease:) propably due to my love of eating:)!
why haven’t i tried this frozen banana delight?! so simple and looks amazing!
I can not wait to try that banana yumminess!!! Maybe tonight!
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I keep seeing that banana “ice cream” too- Gotta try it!
Last summer I was so HOT one day I ate watermelon for breakfast, Lunch, & dinner. lol That is all I wanted!
PS- Tami is a brilliant blogger!
my appetite definitely decreases when it’s really hot – and all i want to eat are smoothies and salads. and ice cream.
What a great frozen banana idea!!
I definitely crave fruits/veggies/salads more in the summer time. But then again juicy burgers come to mind too!
ive gone to make that banana “soft serve” so many times but still havent done it…maybe your post will give me that final push! i definitely find myself skipping squash and soup in the summer, but i wouldnt say i eat lighter…just more seasonally!
Wow, Marisa, Camden aquarium, I love it! We used to hop on the light rail and go ther ALL the time. Kinda miss it. We were at a Camden riversharks game last Friday. What a fun night!
I definitely go for more fruit when it’s hot, watermelon cantelope, honeydew, papaya, and strawberries! Time to hit the produce place.
such a lovely day of food.
i’m going to need to investigate whether i can buy Ezekiel bread here in australia, im seeing it EVERYWHERE!
Im renown for the fact that my appetite does NOT DECREASE at all in this raging TX heat.
the husband?
the child?
Fo’ shizzle.
whatever the reason my stays the same
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Thank you so much for passing along the frozen banana ’soft serve’!
My son, who just turned 20 yesterday, decided to give up dairy products– and this is the kid who lived for ice cream and his birthday homemade ice cream cake. I wound up making him a jelly roll with frozen banana soft serve and he loved it! A huge, huge hit! thank you thank you thank you!