Summer Recipes: Frozen Fruit Slush

I have made this refreshing salad for years and it is always a summer hit. My family loves this salad that combines pineapple, bananas, grapes, peaches and lemonade and orange juice. I try to make it when we have an abundance of fresh peaches to use up. It is perfect for the long, hot, dog-days of late summer. Frozen Fruit Slush is pretty enough to serve company and simple to make. It only takes ten minutes to throw together before freezing.

Frozen Fruit Slush - makes 12 servings

Ingredients-

3 medium firm bananas - sliced

½ cup frozen lemonade concentrate - thawed

6 medium ripe peaches - peeled and cubed

3 cups water

1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple - undrained

2 cups sugar

1 and 1/3 cups seedless red grapes - halved

1 cup orange juice concentrate - thawed

In a large bowl, stir the bananas and lemonade concentrate until bananas are well coated. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and freeze until firm - I like to freeze in individual clear plastic cups, but the mixing bowl may be used. Remove the bowl from freezer one to one and a quarter hours before serving so mixture becomes slushy. If you used individual cups, remove from freezer one half hour before serving. It is so good, you will want seconds!