Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Tortilla Chips

"Kids love this recipe for an after school snack or for breakfast. I also serve it as a dessert in a bowl over a small scoop of vanilla ice cream with the chips on the edges. This is a light and healthy recipe that I found on recipe-a-day.com"
 
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Ready In:
41mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large bowl, toss the chopped apples with the lemon juice.
  • Add the strawberries and the kiwi.
  • Grate about one tablespoon of orange peel (not the bitter white pith) into the fruit.
  • Slice the orange in half and squeeze out about 3 tablespoons of the orange juice into the fruit mixture-- no seeds please.
  • Stir in the brown sugar, and the jelly.
  • Set aside.
  • Brush the tortillas with a tiny bit of water to allow the sugar and cinnamon to stick.
  • Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle on the tortillas, turning to cover both sides.
  • Cut each tortilla into 8 equal wedges.
  • Place all the wedges on a greased baking sheet or sheets, in a single layer Bake in a preheatedd 400 degree oven for 6 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Cool until crisp, then serve with the apple salsa.

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Reviews

  1. I made this to take to a party, and it took some heavy guarding for it to make it out of my house. I guess I'll have to keep a bowl of this around - it's the only time I've ever seen my husband really pig out on fruit. Completely, totally heavenly.
     
  2. Wish I could give this more stars. I made this as an after-summer-school snack today for the kids and they just loved it. I used cinnamon-sugar greek pita chips (available here) instead of making the tortilla chips, which made it even easier. This is a definite repeat for us!
     
  3. Great way to get kids to eat fruit - my kids really don't enjoy fruit but they gobbled this up. I used leftover cherry jelly instead of apple jelly - I liked the extra red and the flavour did not overpower the other fruits. Also served this with whipped cream which I really enjoyed. I did use "old whole wheat tortilla wraps" which worked well (and helped me clean up my fridge!!)
     
  4. A great and versatile little treat. I traded the kiwis for bananas (b/c the market didn't have any good looking kiwis) and added raspberry jam instead of apple. You really could trade in anything probably. I served this for an office Cinco de Mayo fiesta/birthday party -- folks were impressed. I didn't have time to make the cinnamon tortilla chips so I paired the salsa with ginger galletas. Someone suggested trying them with cinnamon-sugar pita chips too next time. Nice, sweet and juicy flavor and a beautiful color. Would go great on ice cream or frozen yogurt too!
     
  5. Took it to a picnic and it was DEVOURED. I'm definitely adding this to my collection of recipes!
     
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Tweaks

  1. This recipe was extremely easy to make, and even easier to eat! My son would not leave the salsa alone :) I used a honey tangerine instead of the orange, and for the chips, I cut them up using kitchen shears, placed them on the baking sheet, daubed them with a moist paper towel, and then sprikled the cinnamon and sugar onto them. Delish!
     
  2. I recently ate this at a Dinner Party as the first course. The cook used a few other fruits and used raspberry jelly instead of the apple. Instead of using the orange she lightly mashed the combined fruit and it made it's own liquid. She also light sprayed the tortillas before she sprinkled them lightly with the cinnamon/sugar. Both were absolutely lucious. Everyone at my table couldn't stop eating it and would have loved to make it the entire meal. The chips were light and crispy and the fruit was positively awesome. This would make a great lunch for taking to work, a light dessert, or even a late night snack. It is a wonderful fat-free treat!
     

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