quick and easy eat those veggies!
Apricot and Butternut Squash Roll-Ups Makes about 24 | Vegan
prep 20 minutes, dry 3-4 hours
All kids like fruit rolls, which are basically just dehydrated purées, so why not try it with vegetables? Using various combinations that are interesting, fun, and sweet, you’ll be sure to get some veggies into your kids. If this mixture is too sweet, add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice or a few strawberries to the purée.
1 cup dried apricots ½ butternut squash, peeled and cubed into 1–inch pieces (about 3 cups) ¼ cup raisins
1. Chop apricots into small pieces. In a steamer basket over 1 inch of water, steam apricots and squash cubes for 10–12 minutes, or until soft. Add raisins and steam for 2 minutes more. Reserve steaming liquid. 2. Transfer apricots, squash, and raisins to a food processor with ½ cup reserved liquid; purée. Add more liquid as needed to obtain a smooth, slightly runny consistency. 3. Preheat oven to 120° (or lowest temperature available for your oven). Cover a large, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper coated with cooking spray. Pour mixture on paper in a very thin layer, about ¼ inch thick. Bake, leaving oven door slightly ajar, for 3–4 hours, until purée has dried completely. 4. Remove from oven. Use scissors to cut purée and paper into long strips, the full length of the pan. Then cut strips in half and fi nish by rolling them up. Store in an airtight glass container.
PER SERVING: 15 cal, 0g fat (0g mono, 0g poly, 0g sat), 0mg chol, 0g protein, 4g carb, 0g fi ber, 0mg sodium
26 deliciousliving | august 2012
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