Quick Dishes

Garden Chili
This quick and easy one pan dish is full of veggies, spices, and flavor. Get your kids involved by letting them wash the vegetables.

Garden Cannellini Bean Salad
Chopped tomatoes, bell peppers, and cucumbers combine with cannellini (white) beans, almonds, and a simple vinaigrette for a delicious and satisfying salad.

Garden Barley Soup
Break out the barley to make a comforting vegetable soup on a cold or rainy day.

Full of Beans Hot Dish
Beans are unique foods that can be counted as either a vegetable or protein. Remember to sort and soak dry beans before cooking or use canned beans.

Fudgy Fruit
Fruit, nuts, and chocolate. Do we need to say more?

Fruity Thai Pita Pockets
Bored with the same old sandwich at lunch? Liven up packed lunches with this Thai-influenced pita pocket: a surprising blend of fruits, spinach, and peanut sauce tucked in a very portable pita pocket.

Fruity Homemade Oatmeal
Start your day off right with a warm bowl of apple cinnamon oatmeal, a dish that is perfect for a chilly morning at home.

Fruit Yogurt Pops
These pops are a fun warm-weather treat that needs only two ingredients. With no cooking, cutting, or special equipment required, kids can learn to make these by themselves.

Fruit Yogurt Parfait
Layer grapes, yogurt, bananas, and cereal for a sweet and crunchy snack.

Fruit Sorbet
Try this refreshing flavor combination or create your own!

Fruit Snake
Make the youngest members of your family happy with this adorable snack. It's perfect for a mid-morning or afterschool snack.

Fruit Smoothie
Have fun experimenting with different fruit and juices in this scrumptious smoothie.

Fruit Slush
Serve this fruit slush as a drink or a dessert, and keep leftovers in the fridge for later. Pour it over fresh ice when you are ready to eat.

Fruit Salsa
A salsa that is different from what you may usually have, this fruit recipe can be a great way to help older kids and teens learn safe knife skills in the kitchen.

Fruit Salad with Yogurt
This colorful salad combines sliced strawberries, pineapple chunks, and blueberries coated in pineapple juice. Serve topped with low-fat yogurt and slivered almonds for a treat that looks as good as it tastes.

Fruit Salad with Jicama
Mango and papaya add a tropical flavor to this fruit salad while chili powder gives it a kick. The jicama provides a refreshing crunch and the result is a fruit salad that's sure to please.

Fruit Salad
This semi-homemade recipe mixes canned fruit cocktail with fresh fruit and yogurt for a quick and tasty fruit salad.

Fruit Pizza To Go
Toasted whole wheat English muffins topped with fat-free cream cheese and fruit make this a quick and easy breakfast or snack.

Fruit Pizza
The crust for this dessert cooks in the oven and is covered with a cream cheese mix and topped with strawberries. For variety, try using any combination of colorful fruits.

Fruit Milk Shakes
This fruit shake is a great way to kick off your day. One minute in the blender and you'll be on your way.