Grilled Peaches with Ice Cream

I have always been intrigued by grilled fruit. It seems like it would be hard to get those perfect grill marks and won't it require careful attention to make sure the fruit doesn't burn?? Well let me tell you... grilling fruit is really quite easy! These ripe peaches carmelized while on the grill and made for a delightful summer dessert!

Servings: 2
Serving size: 1 peach + scoop of ice cream
Points Plus: 3pp
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10 minutes (time for the grill to heat up)
Cook Time: 7-10 minutes

Ingredients:
2 ripe peaches
2 tsp. honey
1 cup Edy's Slow-Churned vanilla bean ice cream

Directions:
Turn on your gas grill and heat to high heat. Wash, halve and remove the pits from the peaches. Place the peaches flesh side down on the grill. Cook with the lid closed for 5 minutes (this ensures you get some good grill marks on each peach half). Flip the halves and cook with the lid closed for an additional 3-5 minutes. Once finished cooking bring the grilled peaches inside and place two peach halves in each bowl. Top with a 1/2 cup scoop of vanilla bean ice cream and a 1 tsp. drizzle of honey. Serve while the peaches are still warm from the grill!

XOXO Megan

Bellini

Who doesn't love to end the week with a fun and unique cocktail!  Here is a simple Bellini recipe, which really just consists of a peach puree topped off with sparkling wine (or Champagne)! This drink is fancy people, enjoy in the evening or serve at brunch!

Servings: 2
Serving Size: 2 T peach purée + 4 fl oz Champagne
Points Plus: 4pp
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Chill Time: 2 hours
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients
2 rip peaches, seeded and diced
1 T fresh lemon juice,
1 T sugar
8 fl oz chilled sparkling wine, I used Prosecco

Directions
Get out your food processor, magic bullet or blender and add the peaches, lemon juice and sugar to the bowl. Process until smooth. Press the mixture through a sieve and only keep the liquid that you are able to squeeze through. Chill the peach puree for at least two hours. Place 2 T of peach puree into each Champagne glass and fill top with cold sparkling wine. Serve Immediately!

Tip
For a non-alcoholic twist, serve the peach puree with peach flavored La Croix!

XOXO - Katie

Peach Caprese

Have you ever considered adding peaches to tomatoes in a traditional caprese salad?? Sometimes creating an entirely new dish is really very simple! When thinking of new ways to incorporate peach into my menu, I thought of a staple in our home - caprese! (especially during the summer months)  It turns out that adding a sweet twist to this dish is just what it needs to make it anything but ordinary.

Servings: 2
Serving Size: 1/2 of recipe
Points Plus: 3pp
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: n/a
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients
4 thick slices of fresh, ripe tomato
4 thick slices of fresh, ripe peach skin on
2 oz fresh Motzarella cheese, cut into four equal slices
4 basil leaves
1 T olive oil
Kosher salt + pepper to taste

Directions
Another simple dish!  Get out a pretty platter and layer the tomato, peach and cheese slices in a ring, as shown in the photo above. Insert the basil leaves evenly in dish. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Tip
The possibilities are endless as far as what ELSE you could sub in to this salad.  Mango, pineapple or regular apple would be interesting to try!

XOXO - Katie

Peach Breakfast Parfait

Peach week continues with an simple breafast parfait!  All you need is vanilla yogurt, granola and some fresh peaches and you will have breakfast ready in a snap!

Servings: 2
Serving Size: 1 parfait
Points Plus: 4pp
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: n/a

Ingredients:
12 oz. Dannon Light & Fit vanilla yogurt, low-fat
4 oz. Back to Nature Classic granola
1 peach, sliced

Directions:
Wash and slice the peach into thin slices. Begin layering the parfait in a low-ball glass (I found these worked really well so you can make lots of parfait layers!) with 3 oz. vanilla yogurt.  Top with 1 oz. granola and then 3-4 peach slices.  Finish the parfait with another 3 oz. of vanilla yogurt and 1 oz. granola and a few additional peach slices.  Enjoy!

Tip:
Experiment with the serving dishes you have on hand to get a true layered parfait look.  I think ice cream or custard dishes would work really well too and are fancy!

XOXO Megan