June’s Veggie Supper Club in Eugene was an “Amazing Appetizers and Fantastic Fingerfoods” theme; so I decided to try something new for me and something that would incorporate the great strawberries from market and raspberries from our backyard… so, Strawberry Cornbread Muffins and Fresh Fruit Spring Rolls were on the menu for today…

(photo: Made Healthier)

Strawberry Cornmuffins

Makes 12 muffins

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 Tbs. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups low-fat buttermilk
• 2 Tbs. unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup sliced strawberries

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.
2. Combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in mixing bowl. Whisk together eggs and buttermilk in separate bowl. Stir cornmeal mixture into egg mixture. Fold in melted butter and strawberries. Scoop batter into muffin pan.
3. Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until tops are brown. Cool 10 minutes in pan; cool completely on baking rack.

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(photo: Chicago Mag)

Fresh Fruit Spring Rolls
with Yogurt Dipping Sauce

Makes as many rolls as you want

Spring Roll Ingredients:

• Fresh fruit.  I used strawberries, pineapple (with their juice), bananas, raspberries.
• Small rice paper spring roll wrappers
• Fresh mint

Spring Roll Directions:

1. Cut into small pieces and mix fruit & mint together.
2. Using warm water (not too hot to the touch), dip stiff rice paper wrapper for 15-30 seconds until pliable.
3. Place spoonful of fruit mixture in center of wrapper (amount dependent on rice paper size).  Don’t overfill, as you’ll get a hull breach.  Try to get as little of the juice in as possible, as this will make rolling it difficult.
4. Wrap like a burrito… can be tricky.
5. Repeat.

Dipping Sauce Ingredients:

• 2 cups vanilla yogurt
• 3 tbsp agave nectar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• (optional) seeds from 2 fresh vanilla beans (see this for hints on vanilla bean usage)

Dipping Sauce Directions:

1. Mix.
2. Dip.
3. Enjoy.

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