Celebrate the Disney classic The Jungle Book and enjoy a healthy and tasty treat with this jungle themed fruit platter with a delicious yogurt based dip.
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife…..
I love those lyrics from Disney’s The Jungle Book! It’s a cute, fun and catchy song — but also very true. We can be happy with just the bare necessities of life – family, friends, happiness and healthy food.
In the song, Baloo mentions the healthy fruits of the pawpaw and prickly pear. While those aren’t fruits we are likely to run across very often, there are lots of other healthy fruits to enjoy! Inspired by The Jungle Book, I headed to Walmart to purchase the movie and some fruits to make a healthy, Jungle Book inspired snack!
The Blu-Ray/Combo Pack Diamond Edition release of Disney’s The Jungle Book became available on Tuesday so I made my way to Walmart to get it. When I got to the store, I headed right to the Electronics section to find the movie. There was a nice big Jungle Book display on the end of an aisle. Right on the top shelf was the super cool bonus package. Walmart is the ONLY place where you can receive a free Jungle Book Lunch Box with the purchase of the Diamond Edition!
I grabbed the movie and put it in my cart and then headed to the produce section to pick out my fruit. Since we have been having such a cold and miserable winter, I wanted to pick out some nice tropical fruits that would add some sunshine to our viewing of The Jungle Book. I got bananas, oranges and a pineapple, which also added some color to my kitchen until it was time to make our snack.
To assemble our snack, I first prepared the fruit. I peeled the oranges and separated them into sections.
I cored and cut the pineapple, saving the peel to use later in our display.
The bananas were also peeled and sliced.
To make the sun, I used an oversized dinner plate.
Starting on the rim, I lined up the orange slices all facing the same direction.
I then piled the banana slices in the center of the plate.
To finish it up, I filled in the space leftover with pineapple chunks.
Then it was on to the dip.
This tasty dip tastes awesome on any type of fruit. (It actually tastes great all by itself too!) It’s super easy to make.
Healthy Fruit Dip Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup non-fat Greek yogurt
2 Tbsp packed brown sugar
1 Tbsp honeyMix all ingredients together in a bowl. Cover and chill until ready to use.
How to make healthy fruit dip:
For our movie watching snack table, I chose some bright colored placemats and napkins to compliment the fruit.
To serve the dip, I placed it in a small bowl with approximately the same diameter as the pineapple.
Then I just slipped it into the pineapple as a natural-looking holder. I also saved the top of the pineapple to add a little more greenery to the scene.
Watching The Jungle Book, singing along with the fun songs and enjoying our healthy, sunshiny snack gave us a great break from this horrible winter weather.
These Bare Necessities made us forget about the cold and snow – BARELY!
Want to see more healthy Jungle Book themed healthy snacks? Just check out the hashtags #JungleFresh and #CollectiveBias on Pinterest and Twitter.
Healthy Fruit Dip
Ingredients
- 1 cup non-fat Greek yogurt
- 2 Tbsp packed brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp honey
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
- Cover and chill until ready to use.
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
This all sounds so refreshing and includes fruits I really, really love. The display is so cute too!
Kecia says
I love that you used a pineapple to hold the fruit dip! We picked up a copy of The Jungle Book this weekend. It was so much fun to watch the movie with my son. It let me relive a part of my own childhood.
brett says
love this fruit tray and dip! we may do a viewing party this week for TJB 🙂
Jaime says
What a fun fruit platter! I think my son would love the Jungle Book. I’ve been meaning to pick it up for him!
Cara says
HOW CUTE! What a great jungle themed snack for a birthday or any day! Love the Jungle Book!
Paige says
Your plate looks so cute! That dip looks so good too!
Jessica says
This looks like a delicious and yummy recipe to celebrate the Jungle Book movie! My daughter loves this movie and we have been snacking on fruit more frequently lately. I never thought to use a pineapple as a dip holder but this is so creative! The Greek yogurt dip recipe sounds like it would be tasty on any kind of fruit. I would eat it topped with crunchy granola too!
Lindsey @ Redhead Baby Mama says
That fruit platter looks delish. I’ll be over for breakfast in the morning… and then again for a snack!
Sherri Lewis says
I love the pineapple fruit dip holder….. how cute! I will have to give this a try
Shell says
That fruit dip sounds so good! What a fun idea for a snack!
Amy Desrosiers says
THIS REALLY WOULD MAKE THE ULTIMATE SNACK FOR WATCHING THIS MOVIE. THE DIP LOOKS SUPER DELICIOUS!
Isabella Grey says
Ok, that looks freaking DELICIOUS. I wonder, would the dipping sauce still be good if I used strawberries instead of pineapple?
Chrysa says
I think it would taste good on pretty much any type of fruit.
Allison Downes says
Wow! That looks yummy. I love how you used the pineapple as the dip holder. We love this movie. I will have to try out this recipe myself. Such a beautiful yet simple presentation. Thanks for sharing!
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
I’m happy to say that my kids actually prefer fruit over sweets like cookies, so this would be devoured in no time flat. What a cool idea!!
Terry says
You just gave me a GREAT idea for our family cookoff that is coming up in 2 weeks. I can’t eat a lot of things the people bring so I try to bring food that I can eat. I want to make this sunshine fruit tray. Thanks!