Banana Blueberry + Banana Strawberry Cupcakes

Here is a super-simple, well-combined fruity dessert/addition to a fruit-based meal that we really like:

Ingredients:

Two large ripe bananas

4 dates (pits removed)

6 or 7 blueberries

4 or 5 strawberries

One medium apple

Preparation instructions we followed:

Rinse apple and remove core. Grate apple using a coarse grain grater into a bowl. Line 6-8 cupcake cups (we used silicone ones) with the grated apple pieces. Put aside.

Next, remove peels and place bananas into blender. Add dates and blend until smooth. Pour off approximately half of the mixture into a bowl. Add 3 rinsed strawberries to the remaining mixture in the blender and blend until smooth. Pour this mixture immediately into apple-lined cupcake cups, cover, and refrigerate.

Clean blender and add the remaining banana date mixture and 4 rinsed blueberries to the blender. Blend until smooth and immediately pour mixture into remaining apple-lined cupcake cups. Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours. This amount of time will allow the cupcakes to become firm enough to be removed from the cupcake cups. Freezing for 3 to 4 hours works well too. Add strawberry and blueberry garnish/design to top of the cupcakes right before serving.

Makes 6 to 8 average-sized cupcakes.

Enjoy!

Additional preparation tips: Adding some chia seeds to the banana/strawberry/date and banana/blueberry/date mixtures before blending may help the cupcakes harden quicker. Also, using bananas that are slightly less-ripe will have a similar result.