Fruit Salsa with Baked Cinnamon Oatmeal Chips

I love me some fruit.

I don't think there's any fruit that I don't like... I just love that it's healthy AND beautiful to eat all by itself. 

...but there's nothing wrong with adding some fluff, either. 

This appetizer/snack/dessert has just the right amount of fruity fluff without too much effort, and is adapted from one of Momma Jacque's recipe ~(thanks, Mom!)~

So go ahead and whip it up, devour it, and remind yourself that the fact that you just consumed every last drop is totally fine because you now have your daily fiber and fruit servings all taken care of.

...and substitute any fruit you'd like. I picked a few of my favorites and they worked together quite well; but add & subtract as you please :) 

It's just like chips and queso! 

- except a little sweeter and like 1/10 the calories -

Fruit Salsa with Baked Cinnamon Oatmeal Chips

Serves 8

Ingredients:

For the Chips:

10 6-inch flour tortillas

1 egg

½ cup Steel Cut Oatmeal

1 tablespoon ground Cinnamon

1 tablespoon granulated sugar

For the Salsa:

1 Mango

1 Navel Orange

1 Red Delicious Apple

2 Kiwis

2 Nectarines

2 cups Apricot Preserves

1 Pomegranate

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut each tortilla into 4 equal triangles in the shape of tortilla chips and align them on a sheet tray. Mix egg well with fork in a small bowl. Mix cinnamon, sugar, and oatmeal together in another small bowl.
2. With a pastry brush, brush egg onto the top side of all of the tortilla triangles. Next, with a spoon, sprinkle oatmeal mixture over all of the cut tortillas. Press oatmeal into the tortilla a bit so it will stay.
3. Bake chips for 8 minutes, then rotate the sheet pan and bake another 8 minutes. Take chips out of oven and let cool.
4. Deseed the pomegranate and set aside in a small bowl. Wash and peel all of the other fruit and place in a blender with apricot reserves. Pulse fruit mixture until partially pureed and slightly chunky. Mix in pomegranate seeds, but don’t pulse.
5. To serve, pour fruit into 8 coffee mugs on top of plates and circle the cooled cinnamon oatmeal chips around the mugs. 

xoxo,

Casey