Our family LOVES lighting fireworks in the backyard. Occasionally, we also have fun foods too. This year I tried some new recipes for taco dip, and fruit desserts.
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Patriotic Taco Dip
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Ingredients:
- Tortilla Chips
- Grape or Cherry Tomatoes
- 2 cans Refried Beans
- Black Olives
- 1 1/2 cups Guacamole
- 2 cups white Shredded Cheese
- 8 oz. Cream Cheese
- 16 oz. Sour Cream
- Taco Seasoning Packet
Directions:
- Place refried beans on the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish.
- Place the guacamole on the beans.
- Mix the cream cheese, sour cream, and taco seasoning. Then place it in the dish.
- Place the shredded cheese on the top.
- Next place the olives in the top left corner like the blue field of the American flag.
- Last place the tomatoes in stripes on the cheese to look like a flag.
Berry Angel Food Cake
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Ingredients:
- 2 Angel Food cake mix
- Blue and Red Berries
- Cool Whip
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Directions:
- Bake the angel food cake according to the directions for 3 baking pans and let it cool.
- Wash and slice the berries, we used strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries.
- Spread some of the cream on one of the cakes and add a few berries.
- Place another cake on top of the berries and spread some more cream and berries on that cake too.
- Then place the last cake on the top and spread some more cream.
- Last place the berries in randomly or in a fancy pattern if you want!
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Captain America Fruit Platter
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Ingredients:
- Cherries
- Marshmallows
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- 1 package Cream Cheese
- 1 jar Marshmallow Cream
- Large Round Platter
- Small Star Dish
Directions:
- Mix the cream cheese and marshmallow cream and place it in the star dish.
- Place blueberries around the star.
- Place a circle of marshmallows around the blueberries.
- Place a circle of strawberries around the marshmallows.
- Place another circle of marshmallows around the strawberries.
- Last place a circle of cherries around the marshmallows.