Red, white & Blue…
I’m cooling off — Are you?
Recipe
Red, white & Blue…
I’m cooling off — Are you?
Author’s collage of “cooling off” fruit varieties for recipe below 😋
Making meals (including desserts) during a heat wave can be tricky!
We need to eat, & nourish ourselves (our stomachs actually insist on it), but our brains are too busy fanning the flames of “heat 🔥 exhaustion” to cope with our “hunger pains”.
What to do when eating feels like another chore we’re just to “hot” to undertake?
Well, we stick to salads & light menus that will satisfy our (growling) stomachs & not overload our “sizzling, fried & fizzled” brains.
Dessert is my “go to” meal. In fact, I’ve often said — let’s skip the main course & just fast forward to dessert!
I’m no nutritional expert, but even I know that’s not a feasible way to stay healthy — so no — DON’T do that!😏
If, however, you’ve had a light supper & are longing for a small & satisfying “dessert treat”, here’s a recipe you should definitely try…
These sweet little snacks are called:
Lemon Raspberry Dessert Cups
Author’s collage of Lemon Raspberry Dessert cups…I scraped what was left over into a small ramikan dish & plopped 9 raspberries on top — my reward for my “work” 😋
I’ve made these now, on several occasions, with quite the thumbs up reaction. 👍🏽
They’re (relatively) easy to prepare, some ingredients welcome alternative substitutions (* & **) plus, they are wonderful to bring to Summer barbecues & gatherings.
You can fit a (comfortable) 30 (2 oz cups) in one Glad-Gallon-Ziplock bag & off you go. The only requirement is that the bag must be refrigerated before indulging & any remaining cups should promptly be returned to the fridge. The recipe suggests leaving them out no longer than 30 minutes.
It is afterall a dairy-based dessert.
Author’s pic of 1-gallon zip lock bag filled with refreshing Summer “coolers” 🙂🪭
RECIPE:
Author’s screenshots of recipe 👩🍳
As for the variations (* & **) that make this mini dessert so popular?
() You can use most any (small or cut up) fruit to top it off. I used fresh raspberries, but blueberries, blackberries, & strawberries would work. Cut up peaches too… if they’re not too juicy.*
*(*) The “base” can be varied too, graham cracker crumbs are delicious, or bite size vanilla wafers, even a slice of banana 🍌 coated in graham cracker or very fine cookie crumbs would taste delicious!
After I made these, it occurred to me that I wasn’t always going to be “going” anywhere. That I might like these dessert cups in a “larger” variety cup size.
Amazon sells different sizes, so check that out if dessert is intended for “home & personal” consumption. 😉
One more (alternative) idea 💡?
Make or buy a graham cracker (pie) crust, & use all the filling you’ve 🤔…?
Line the crust with bananas on the bottom & fill the top with raspberries, blueberries 🫐 or whatever fruit is to your liking? Chill the “pie” well & then enjoy your “cool 😎creation”.
I hope you’ll make (even experiment?) with this recipe. It’s only July, & for those of us sweltering (in the Northeast of the US) this Summer? Well — any suggestions for cooling off are welcomed & desperately needed!🥵
If you post any recipes of your own, please tag me… I’d love to see & try them 🙌🏽.
Thanks so much for reading!
Thoughts, comments & feedback welcome.
Stay cool 😎…this Summer season with all the welcome (& unwelcome) gifts it brings… All too soon (?) Summer will run it’s course again & before we know it Starbucks will be in full “Pumpkin Spice” mode.
Autumn 🍂🍁🍎🍏will be knocking upon our doors & another year descending to it’s finish line. Time flies! Enjoy every season as much as possible 🥰👍🏽.
Tagging a few Medium writers whose stories I enjoy (there are so many!) — please check them out ☺️👍🏽:
메타데이터
- post_id
- fe9d97b0a424
- slug
- red-white-blue-fe9d97b0a424
- url
- https://medium.com/midknight-falls/red-white-blue-fe9d97b0a424
- canonical_url
- https://medium.com/midknight-falls/red-white-blue-fe9d97b0a424
- author_url
- https://medium.com/@dorisemmett
- status
- ok
- fetched_at
- 2026-07-08 22:45:43
