Sweet Fruit Pizza with Sugar Cookie Crust has been a family favorite for years! It has fruit piled onto a soft and chewy sugar cookie crust and dreamy cream cheese frosting. This classic summertime dessert is perfect for warm-weather parties and gatherings!

Fruit pizza is woven into my childhood in the same way that double stick popsicles, sunny days running through the sprinklers, and lazy afternoons watching clouds roll by on a hot bouncy trampoline are. It was written into my story, my life, and my family. My mom is the queen of the kitchen and her fruit pizza is something we all still crave to this day.

This is not that recipe. This is the sugar cookie version, and it is the one my own kids know and love. If you want my mom’s oat crust with that dreamy pudding topping, be sure to check out that recipe too!

Ingredients For Fruit Pizza

You only need a handful of simple ingredients to pull this fruit pizza together. The cookie crust relies on pantry staples, the cream cheese frosting uses just three ingredients, and the fruit topping is entirely customizable. Here is everything you will need:

Sugar Cookie Crust

• Unsalted Butter: Creamed with sugar to form the rich, tender base of the cookie crust.
•  Granulated Sugar: Sweetens the dough and helps create those slightly crisp edges on the baked cookie.
• Vanilla Extract: Adds a warm, classic flavor that complements the cream cheese frosting. 
• Almond Extract: Just a small amount gives the sugar cookie its signature bakery-style flavor. 
• Egg: Binds the dough together and contributes to the soft, chewy texture. 
• All-Purpose Flour: The main structure of the cookie crust.
• Baking Powder: Gives the cookie a gentle lift so it bakes up thick rather than flat.
• Cornstarch: The secret to an extra soft and tender cookie that stays chewy even after cooling.
• Cream of Tartar: Helps stabilize the dough and contributes to the signature tang of a classic sugar cookie.
• Salt: Balances the sweetness and enhances all the other flavors in the crust.

Cream Cheese Frosting

• Cream Cheese: The tangy, creamy base of the frosting that keeps it from tasting overly sweet. 
• Unsalted Butter: Beaten with the cream cheese for an extra smooth and spreadable consistency.
• Powdered Sugar: Sweetens and thickens the frosting to the perfect spreadable texture.

Fresh Fruit Topping

• Kiwi: Sliced into rounds or half-

These zucchini taco boats are everything we love about taco night packed into a lighter, veggie-loaded dinner. Tender zucchini gets stuffed with seasoned taco meat, rice, beans, corn, salsa, and plenty of melty cheese for a meal that’s hearty, healthy, and totally satisfying.

Even better? They’re easy to customize with whatever you have in the fridge and perfect for using up leftover taco meat, chicken, or rice.

When we were first married Cade was obsessively healthy. Remember how he wouldn’t eat my Mom’s famous caramel brownies? Ugh, still an eye roller for me. Anyway, we would think up cheap, easy and healthy options for dinner and a Mexican chicken with brown rice was one of our go-to meals. As the years wore on we added different ingredients like corn, beans, and spices.

Fast forward a whole heck of a lot of time and it’s a totally different meal now. When I started hearing about stuffed peppers I immediately thought of stuffed zucchini instead. I mean, stuffed peppers are great, but there’s something I like even more about a stuffed zucchini recipe.

What are Zucchini Taco Boats?

If you’ve never had a zucchini boat, you are missing out! It’s a summer staple at our house when the zucchini plant starts going crazy. It consists of a zucchini sliced in half, scooped out and stuffed with whatever filling you want. For this version, we stuff it with taco filling. We also have a classic Italian stuffed zucchini boat that you should try as well!

Ingredients You’ll Need

The ingredient list is full of simple, wholesome ingredients that come together to make a seriously flavorful dinner. Most of them are pantry staples, and the filling is super easy to customize based on what your family loves.

• Zucchinis: The perfect sturdy base for the taco filling while keeping the recipe light and veggie-packed.
• Olive Oil: Helps sauté the meat and vegetables while adding a little richness and flavor.
• Ground Turkey: A lean protein that soaks up all the taco flavors beautifully. Ground chicken, beef, or shredded chicken also work great.
• Cumin: Adds warm, earthy flavor that gives the filling classic taco seasoning taste.
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