Fresh Fruit

Ah, the simple joys of summer...namely, Fresh Fruit! We've got the boys - the summer vacation week on/week off has started, and we're pumping them full of good eats. I love the summer when fresh fruit is plentiful...blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries (the youngest is a STRAWBERRY KID!), melons, peaches, plums, bananas...it don't get much better than that. One of my favorite breakfasts/snack is to cut up fruits (all kinds), then, I buy the big vanilla yogurt containers (it's cheaper than the individual cups) and mix the fruit and yogurt together..yum! Sometimes I find granola cereal on sale and throw a half a cup of that in the mix. I'm a big fan of buying stuff on sale. Coupons are a plus too. The Ol' Man thinks I'm cheap, but I like to think of myself a "frugal". I make a Hurculean attempt to live within our means, save money and not fall into the consumerism trap. If we can't eat it, or it hasn't worn out, we don't buy it. I patch the kids jeans, I hang the clothes outside to dry, and I reuse zip lock bags. If we had enough land, I'd grow my own fruit!