Fruit Salsa Yumminess

Why hello all! I have decided to finally share my super awesome fruit salsa recipe for you. I make everything from scratch including the chips. This is a super crowd pleaser for any summer event. I realize that summer is almost over, but this is the first opportunity I have had to make it all summer, so please, bear with me.

Fruit Salsa:
3 Tbsp brown sugar
3 Tbsp apple jelly
1 small container of strawberries
1 medium sized Red Delicious apple
3-4 Kiwi (3 medium sized kiwi, 4 small)
2 cans of crushed pineapple (preferably in fruit juice but syrup is fine)
Large mixing bowl
Large spoon

Pull out a large mixing bowl and add brown sugar and jelly. Make sure to mix the two until it is paste-like and there are no chunks of brown sugar left. Strain the crushed pineapple and add it to the bowl (I find it easier to strain one can at a time, otherwise the juice takes forever to strain. Clean and cut the strawberries into quarters or a little smaller (if they are larger strawberries) I like to make them about half the length of my thumb. Add them to your bowl. Then skin and cut the kiwi into bite-sized pieces, adding them to the bowl. Finally, rinse and cut your apple into bite sized pieces. Add these to the bowl. Mix with a large spoon, making sure all of the ingredients are fully mixed. You may see some of the juice from the crushed strawberries start to reappear and that is fine. Make sure you get all the way to the bottom where the brown sugar/jelly mix has been sitting. Cover and place in fridge until ready to serve.

Homemade chips:
2 packages of FLOUR tortillas (taco sized or burrito, depending on how many chips you want)
Butter, melted
Container mixed with cinnamon and sugar**
Pizza cutter
Cookie sheets

**I like to mix these with more cinnamon than sugar, but you can create yours to taste. I went out and bought 50 cent salt and pepper shakers and mixed cinnamon and sugar in them until I liked the color.**

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Place 1-2 tortillas on a sheet. Bring your melted butter to the tray and with a spoon, put 1-2 spoonfuls on the tortilla. Using the spoon, make sure the butter reaches all the way to the edges of the tortilla. Add another spoonful if necessary but they should be just lightly buttered, not drenched. Using your shakers, shake cinnamon and sugar mix over the tortillas, coating them lightly. Using your pizza cutter, cut the tortillas into 6. (12 if using the burrito sized shells). Place in the oven on cookie sheet for 7-10 minutes (depending on your desired level of crispiness). Leave to cool then place in a gallon sized bag.

The ships take about an hour to fully do as I would not advise placing more than one cookie sheet in the oven at a time. This is the most time consuming part of making the fruit salsa, but it can be really enjoyable if you want to get the kids to help or if you have a friend that you can exploit like I did. :)

Here is a picture of the final product:

Looks amazing right?

Fair warning: This will go super fast at your parties and will always be a hit!

¡Buen provecho!