Its Peach season!

There is just something about a peach that is so wonderfully delicious! The soft fuzzy outside, the juicy sweet inside, the smell that screams its the end of summer. I have never loved peaches more than when I was pregnant with Elijah. Usually, pregnant women will have intense cravings for chocolate, ice cream, chips....all the unhealthy stuff. My little one wanted peaches! But not just any peaches....they had to be frozen! I have never eaten so many frozen peaches in my lifetime as I did in those nine months! (Maybe that's why he came out so sweet, hehehe).

Anyways, while the hubby and I where visiting the in-laws this last weekend, my mother-in-law bought us a box of fresh peaches! Whatever shall I do with all this fruit I say :)

Well, yesterday we cut half of them up and made peach jam ( I plan on making honey flax seed bread to go with it today) and of course I had to cut a ton up and freeze them to eat plain and to make smoothies with!! Today is bread making day and possibly peach crumble day :) For all that know me, I have a weakness for sweets that I am working on my self control! When I make sweets, I have to make them in a healthy alternative version because I tend to devour the whole thing. :)

Peach Jam

3 cups cut up peaches

1/4 cup water

1 cup sugar

~add sugar and water and boil, add peaches and simmer 5 min. store in airtight container

Peach Smoothies

1 cup frozen peaches

(I cut them peaches up and freeze them on a cookies sheet, then store in Ziploc freezer bags)

1/2 cup milk

squirt of agave nectar

~blend and enjoy!!

Peach Crumble (weight watchers recipe)

2 spray(s) cooking spray

3 large peach(es), pitted and sliced
3 Tbsp packed light brown sugar
6 Tbsp whole wheat flour
6 Tbsp sugar, granulated
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp table salt
1 large egg white(s)
4 Tbsp butter, melted

~Preheat oven to 375°F. Coat a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
In a small bowl, gently toss peaches with brown sugar until sugar starts to dissolve; spoon fruit into prepared baking pan.
In another small bowl, sift together flour, granulated sugar, cinnamon and salt; add egg white and combine with your fingers until mixture comes together and starts to crumble. Drop clumps of flour mixture over fruit; drizzle with melted butter.
Bake until fruit just starts to bubble, about 45 minutes. Allow to cool slightly and serve warm. Yields about 2/3 cup per serving.