Fresh Fruit Enchiladas.
This is a fruit enchilada. Say hello.
I had four other fun pictures to show you of this treat. Good stuff, like pretty tortilla rounds with colorful fruit in the middle, rolled enchiladas with cinnamon-vanilla sauce slowly blanketing the top and one too many pictures of a lone raspberry because I though it’d make me look cool.
Unless you are a weirdo who photographs food on the same white dish and attempts to strategically place things in the background that would rarely appear at real-life mealtime, you aren’t familiar with taking 43 photos of something only for 39 of them to end up… blurry. Like so blurry that your eyes hurt.
Someone needs a little more patience. And someone needs to double check their work. What is this… fourth grade? I always got yelled at for not double checking my work, but back then it’s not like I had a plate of puffy pancakes dribbled with peanut butter staring me in the face. Obviously I learned nothing. How about YOU try double checking your work before handing it in… errr, eating it.
I really don’t remember anything that annoying happening in 1992 when all I cared about was the banana clip in my hair and the oversized t-shirt tied into a knot on my left hip. With my biggest predicament being who I’d watch Snick with on Saturday night (umm… Are You Afraid of the Dark was SCARY!), life was… simple.
Wahhh! I want it back. I’m totally that annoying person who whines about how it stinks to grow old. Every time I catch myself complaining about advancing in age, I just think about how with each passing day my cast iron skillet is becoming more deliciously seasoned. That has nothing to do with anything (especially these enchiladas) but it makes me feel better than reminiscing of the summers where I did nothing but read, swim and drink huggies all day. Someone… please… tell me you know what I mean when I say huggie. I liked red ones.
Anywho. That distracting stroll off the beaten path lead us right back here… fruit for dessert! Not usually my thang, but I can swing it occasionally. Especially when it looks like this. I may balk at the bowl of strawberries you hand me after dinner but place these in front of me and I’m a happy camper. Really though… I want to be a happy camper. Literally. Can someone host a How Sweet summer camp? We can discuss Sweet Valley High, catch lightening bugs in mason jars and have cupcake-in-the-face contests. I’ll bring the margaritas.
Betcha that wasn’t happening in 1992. Maybe being a grown isn’t that bad after all?
Fresh Fruit Enchiladas
Ingredients
- 6 to rtillas [I used 4-inch ones]
- fresh fruit of your choice, chopped, to amount to about 1-2 cups, depending on tortilla size: I used peaches, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and cherries.
- 2 cups milk [I used vanilla almond milk for more vanilla flavor]
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons sugar, + more/less depending on taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Begin by preparing the cinnamon-vanilla sauce: in a saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Whisk in flour to create a roux just as you would with a béchamel/cheese sauce, then add in milk, whisking continuously. Add in vanilla, cinnamon and sugar while stirring. Let the mixture come to a light boil (even just bubbles on the edges are fine) and continue to stir while mixture thickens – about 4-5 minutes. Turn down to low and stir. You want it to lightly coat the back of a spoon, but not be too thick. You can also taste test here and see if you’d like to add any additional cinnamon, sugar or flavoring.
- Place about 2 tablespoons (if you’re using small tortillas) or 1/3 cup (if you’re using large tortillas) chopped fruit in the center of the tortilla and roll. Spray a baking dish with non-stick spray, ladle a 1/2 cup of your vanilla sauce on the bottom of the dish, then lay your enchiladas seam-side down. When all are rolled cover with more vanilla sauce – the amount it up to you, but I suggest keeping a bit on hand to add on top when they come out of the oven. Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until fruit in the middle begins to burst and soften. Serve immediately with extra sauce for the top.
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P.S. I also like those freezer pop thingies. The red ones. Pink too. You can bring those. I nominate you to eat grape.
144 Comments on “Fresh Fruit Enchiladas.”
Love these fruity summer recipes :D
I’m going to start making this for breakfast and even dinner!
Oh, hello fruit enchilada. Nice to meet you. Sorry to see you go so soon. Now say hello to my belly. :)
I’ll host the camp if you bring these. Can we talk Babysitters Club too?
Of course. Duh!
they look awesome!!!
“and attempts to strategically place things in the background that would rarely appear at real-life mealtime, you aren’t familiar with taking 43 photos of something only for 39 of them to end up… blurry. “–
Girl. I DID THAT this past weekend. I was in a rush. Or so I thought. But I ended up taking about 50 pics of the same dessert. And when I got it on my computer, the set was dismantled, plates in dishwasher, food eaten….I realized…holy sh*t. They are blurry and not great shots. What was I thinking!?! I guess in the end things turned out ok b/c they did get on Foodgawker but there was slim pickins’.
I can 1 million percent empathize!!!
And right now…I am editing photos in Lightroom. Fun :)
Alright, it’s settled. We have to arrange this camp thing. But can we do it Parent Trap style (Lindsey Lohan version – not 1960s version) and use cabins? I’m not a fan of roughing it in a tent on the ground. Unless you bring enough margaritas.
Ha! You think I would sleep in a tent? I’m all over those fun cabins.
I was born in 1992 teehee :) Are You Afraid Of The Dark was still definitely a part of my childhood too
Back to the point: those fruit enchiladas look sooo delicious! They remind me of crepes :)
That sort of makes me want to cry. I’m so old!
Aww you got me reminiscing about all those fun 1992 things, like Are You Afraid of the Dark! That was my favorite show but scared me every night! And I remember tying my shirt like that, and always having a banana clip! Love it! I totally miss lightning bugs. :(
These look so delicious!
Michelle
http://www.kissedbysweets.com
These are so cute — and you definitely need to have a How Sweet Camp — I would totally come!
Hello, fruit enchilada. You look amazing!
I vote we start a campaign for a big blogger sleepover, complete with Ouija boards and screenings of Grease and Grease 2. Also, TeenNick now has its old 90’s programming on and I’m DVRing it. There’s a special place in my heart for Salute Your Shorts and Doug.
These look soooo good, and my picky three year old might even eat them! Making them tonight.
p.s. – Red huggies were my fave too. I loved piercing my two front teeth through the tinfoil seal and guzzling down the sugary fruit punch flavor. Maybe they’d work in a vodka cocktail?
I loved that tooooo!
These are so FUN!!! And duh, love me a huggie.
Oh Sweet Valley High! :) Miss those days!
Your pictures look exceptionally beautiful today, maybe it’d my love of fruit. Yummmm!
Thanks girl! :)
i only like the red and pink, but blue’s not too bad either! and seriously, are you afraid of the dark was super scary…i couldn’t even watch it half the time!
Me either! It really was.
This is genuis! I would love to live in your brain for just a day! ha!
Are you Afraid of the Dark? was the best show EVER! My favorite episode was the one where the girl was stuck in the walls/mirrors of that abandoned house – or the dollhouse one. Oooo scary!
I have no idea what a huggie is.
But the fruit looks good – and come on, you know I was going to say that.
grape, gross! I love how easy this recipe is :)
I loved SNICK! My favorite was All-That. :-)
These remind me of crepes- love that you used tortillas though! Much simpler. :)
Omg, are you my daughter? (which reminds me of that book, “Are You My mother?) If I didn’t know better, I’d swear you two were one in the same person and you really must meet! When will you be in the Hotlanta area? I’m so not kidding. It’s nearly scary! And yes… fruit crepes, looks yummy to me. ;)
Love how easy this recipe is! Great idea, these look fabulous!
haha. I have zero patience with pictures. I just want to get the general idea captured and then eat. :) And huggies? Oh yes, had my fair share. I believe my favorite was the orange. I’m sure they’re naturally flavored…..These are fantastic! What a yummy idea. I want to have a mexican themed party and make fruit enchiladas!
We must be about the same age, lol! Sometimes I want to go back to the summer of my youth too.
I am an amateur photographer, at best, and need to work on my food picts. I hear you about all the blurry picts! I thought it was my camera going bad, maybe not. B/t you and me, we will keep telling the hubby the camera is going bad!
I like the looks of your fruit enchiladas!
Huggies were those little barrel-shaped plastic containers of artificially colored, ridiculously sweet beverages that somehow had a bit of a kick to them, right? Like citric acid meets sugar coma kick?
They reminded me of the insides of the wax pop bottles. You HAVE had a wax pop bottle, right?
Yes they were! And OMG my brothers and I loved those wax bottles.
oh my gosh. Snick…memories. And TGIF with full house was the best! and as someone mentioned above – salute your shorts and doug. *LOVE* :)
what kind of tortillas did you use (flour I’m assuming)?
These ones are corn!
wouldnt have guessed that, haha thanks!
You crack me up girl!!!
This is such a great idea! They kinda remind me of crepes!
Funny! Love it, the story and recipe :)
Aimee
Jessica, I LOVE you!!! I cannot tell you how happy I am to know that a seasoned (no pun intended) blogging veteran such as yourself can still take a blurry picture or two or 39!!! Not that I’m delighting in your mistakes, it’s just SO good to know that I’m not alone. ;-)
Huggies…I’m salivating because I remember those as being sickening sweet. Am I right?
How Sweet summer camp? I am ALL in!! And don’t forget about the support group meetings for the Simpson/Lachey breakup.
Love fresh berries in the summer and your recipe is reminding me of my fruit filled crepes.
Thanks for the post, you really made me smile, but then again, you always do.
You are the sweetest Lynne! Thanks so much. :)
These look so good! Really summery :)
All I have to say is banana clips = awesome. And who didn’t tie their shirt (or at least fasten it with a scrunchie)?? Although, my favorite 1992 fashion was being too young for gigantic shoulder pads, and wearing them anyway…especially on my silk dress shirts. Ever have MC Hammer pants? What about skids?
Huggie Drinks? Yes, red is the best flavor. Definitely better than the tin foil taste you experience while trying to open one! (is it even possible to open one with your hand?)
Anyway, this recipe looks amazing. I’m definitely going to try it. But not in the late evening. Yes, I’m still afraid of the dark. And creepy campfires. Unless that creepy campfire was at your awesome camp. With cabins.
And now I need a berry garden in my back yard….and I also need a back yard.
Sign me up for camp! I have Hey Dude and Salute Your Shorts on DVD! Are You Afraid of the Dark was too scary for me… I am a wimp.
I want fruit enchiladas for breakfast.
I just have to give a shout out to Pete and Pete! My sister has it on DVD. Fantastic!
Hahaha love it!
Oh YUM. These remind me of crepes a little bit but totally more fiesta-friendly. Hm. That made a lot more sense in my mind.
Ok I’m around the same age as you but have no idea what a huggie is!?
Consider me weird, I feel ya on taking pictures and not checking your work. Love the pictures you saved.
did someone mention sweet valley high?? i’m so there…:)
I’ll eat the grape!!!!!
When I was little, I wore my brother’s hand-me-downs, watched Adam-12, Green Acres and Dragnet, read stuff like The Hobbit and A Wrinkle in Time, and my favorite bands were the Beatles, the Monkees, and the Beach Boys. I also liked the Byrds and Dave Clark 5.
I was born in 1986.
I think that just means you were super classy come 1988.
Hellooooooooooo fruit enchilada! You look delicious.
Grape was my favorite! I will totally eat those! I wish I still had my Sweet Valley High board game. I’d bring that too.
LOL! You always bring back the best memories.. banana clips, knotted t-shirts, and Are You Afraid of the Dark were all very familiar to me too! PLEASE tell me you watched Blossom!
And PS. these enchiladas look awesome!
Um, true story. I used to watch Are You Afraid of the Dark on the phone with my best friend because I was far too scared of it. I think I made it completely through ONE episode and that was about it.
Also? I will take a plate of these please :)
I think I did that sometimes too!
Oh My Lanta – I LOVED “Are you Afraid of the Dark”!!!!!!!
What a great idea! These look delicious!
Yum! Encheelaaaaadas! (That’s how I say it.)
I am more from the “Saved by the Bell” and “Boy Meets World” era, but we always convinced my little brother that grape and orange were the BEST! ew. But he always ate them. The only way mom would buy more is if there were ALL gone. Ah, the good ol’ days……
Wasn’t Saved By the Bell and Boy Meets World on at the same time as those shows?? Maybe just a year or so later, because that’s what I watched growing up too! They were on ABC though, not Nick.
this post made me want a huggie REAL BAD. (I liked the ones that tasted like lemonade) Did you drink yours with a straw or just rip the top off? I was a straw girl myself.
I was a drink-straight-from-the-plastic girl.
Yummy! These are like easy crepes. Excellent!
A lot of my pictures are on a white boring plate… I am trying to work on that because it’s just that – boring!! My poor/busy graduate student status is limiting that project at the moment. And the fact that I eat standing up in my kitchen every day. Not so much of a background haha. But I do have the problem of taking >30 photos to only have 1 or 2 not be blurry.
Oh and pleased to meet you fruit enchiladas! Would you like to come over for dinner tonight?
What a great idea! I’ll take enchiladas anyway I can get ’em!