My son Aedan loves to help me cook. I know one of the best ways to help kids to love eating healthy is to engage them in the kitchen – they are FAR more likely to eat something if they helped make it- so I try to let my kid help as much as I can. Aedan wanted to make a dessert- so we worked together on a recipe and it ended up AWESOME, Peach Crisp!
First, he flavored the peaches. We only use Dole peaches because they are packed in fruit juice, not heavy syrup. That makes a HUGE difference. I never use fruit packed in syrup. He added some pumpkin pie spices, a little vanilla and some flour to thicken the peaches as they bake. After it was all mixed up, he poured it into a casserole dish.
Next, he got the topping started. He added flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, some Dole ground Chia and Dole Portobello Mushroom Powder. Yes, I said Portobello Mushroom powder. I usually add things that help me keep my family healthy. I add the mushroom powder because 1 teaspoon has 150% Vitamin D dv – and Dole Ground Chia because it’s chock full of great stuff my family needs –omega 3’s fiber, calcium, iron, protein, foliate- and no one can tell that I’m adding all that good stuff – you can’t taste it in this (and most) recipes.
He added some chopped up cold butter and pulsed it in the processor, then added in some slivered toasted almonds and pulsed some more, till it was all crumbly!
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Then he carefully sprinkled it all over the casserole until it was covered and I popped it into the oven. It was really hard to wait the 40 minutes or so it took to cook it, because it smelled SO GOOD! Then finally the timer went off!
It was done! This was a yummy dessert that was pretty good for us!
How yummy does this look? A little dollop of greek yogurt was the perfect touch! I promise you, it was SUPER YUMMY to eat!
Ingredients
- 2 24.5 ounce jars peaches in juice, drained.
- 1 1/2 tsp flour
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 12 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 c flour
- 1/2 c rolled oats
- 1/2 c brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tbsp Dole ground Chia seeds
- 2 tsp Dole Portobello Mushroom Powder
- 1/3 c slivered almonds
- 1 stick (4 oz) cold butter, cubed
Instructions
- Stir together drained peaches, vanilla, flour and pumpkin pie spice.
- Pour into a 4 x 4 casserole dish.
- Mix together the flour, oats, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, chia, portebello powder in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse 7-8 times. Add the butter, and pulse another 10 times or so until it looks all crumbly. Add the almonds and pulse another 3-4 times to mix.
- Spread the flour/butter mixture on top of the peaches.
- Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 40 minutes.
- Let cool 20 minutes before eating.
Okay, so I have to know… does the mushroom powder not taste like anything? That’s about the only way I’d be able to get my family to eat ANYTHING mushroom…
No, it really doesn’t. It smells like cocoa powder.. I’ve never tasted anything. I put it in a lot of things and no one has ever noticed!
Looks Delish. The boys enjoy helping out in the kitchen as well….
Oh this makes me hungry! I love peach desserts!
Ummm yum!!! So happy you shared the recipe I want to make it!!
Yummm!! I made apple crisp yesterday but without all the hidden goodies. I like the idea of adding the chia and the mushroom powder!
That is so awesome your son made that. I made a peach crisp for a dinner on Saturday night too. I did it gluten-free with ground quinoa and used some peaches I canned last month.
Wow! That looks delish;-) I need to get my kids in the kitchen more often looks like fun!
How fun – I look forward to when my boy is old enough to help me in the kitchen.
That looks delicious!
I think, I will just say YUM-YUM!
thanks for sharing that recipie its great that you got your son to help out
That looks really good! And I’ve NEVER heard of mushroom powder before! Thanks for teaching me something new today
Mmmmmmmm! That looks delish. We are getting a little appled-out already, so this would be a nice change!
This sounds (and looks) really tasty. You’ve got me wanting to make a cobbler of some sort!!
I love getting the kids in the kitchen too. He did a great job! The cobbler looks good.