Category: Independence Day

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.

Patriotic Taco Dip

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:

1. Place refried beans on the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish.
2. Place the guacamole on the beans.
3. Mix the cream cheese, sour cream, and taco seasoning. Then place it in the dish.
4. Place the shredded cheese on the top.
5. Next place the olives in the top left corner like the blue field of the American flag.
6. Last place the tomatoes in stripes on the cheese to look like a flag.

Berry Angel Food Cake

Ingredients:

• 2 Angel Food cake mix
• Blue and Red Berries
• Cool Whip

Directions:

1. Bake the angel food cake according to the directions for 3 baking pans and let it cool.
2. Wash and slice the berries, we used strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries.
3. Spread some of the cream on one of the cakes and add a few berries.
4. Place another cake on top of the berries and spread some more cream and berries on that cake too.
5. Then place the last cake on the top and spread some more cream.
6. Last place the berries in randomly or in a fancy pattern if you want!

Captain America Fruit Platter

Ingredients:

• Cherries
• Marshmallows
• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• 1 package Cream Cheese
• 1 jar Marshmallow Cream
• Large Round Platter
• Small Star Dish

Directions:

1. Mix the cream cheese and marshmallow cream and place it in the star dish.
2. Place blueberries around the star.
3. Place a circle of marshmallows around the blueberries.
4. Place a circle of strawberries around the marshmallows.
5. Place another circle of marshmallows around the strawberries.
6. Last place a circle of cherries around the marshmallows.