Vegan Fruit Pizza and Jody and Curves Monroeville Zumbarettes

Vegan Fruit Pizza artfully prepared by Jody.  Note in the middle is the symbol for Zumba as etched by the blueberries. 

Jody and Curves Monroeville Zumbarettes

A goal no matter whether it is spiritual or material in nature can spur physical healing.  For example my late brother Anton just bought a Porsche seven years ago when after barely a week he was diagnosed with lymphoma and had to go through chemo therapy.   All throughout the treatments, the carrot that was hanging over his head aside from other loftier motivations was to ride his Porsche again.  The same thing happened to my daughter who had a benign cyst removed from the tail end of her pancreas several years ago while in college.  She healed relatively fast and in less than a week she was back to classes.   Her motivation was to be able to cheer again for her college squad.

I had always been plagued with knee problems.  I had left knee surgery in 2009 and I thought my other knee would just be fine without surgery but it bothered me starting 2011.  Despite intermittently having pain on my right knee these past few years, I went to Zumba classes conducted at Curves Monroeville under Jody since I really loved the dances and music.   Finally I decided to have the right knee replacement last year and one of the motivations I had for undergoing this painful process was to be able to do Zumba in my full capacity without holding back any moves.  After two months or so of recovery after the surgery I was on top of the world when I was able to jump and turn around to my hearts content during Zumba class.

We had a great Zumba teacher in Jody.  She clearly showed the moves and  was very patient and non judgemental with us when it comes to what level of Zumba we could attain.  As the pictures below attest, Jody did a lot more than just lead us in the moves during the session.  She would tailor the dances and music to the season whether it was halloween, Christmas or St. Patrick's day.  She even conducted games after the session. 

To show how dedicated she was, she even conducted the Zumba session outside the club when an electronic problem occurred and she had to use her car radio to play the music from her cell phone. 

Thank you Jody!  We Zumbarettes really loved the sessions and they were one of the highlights of our week.

Yesterday we had a little get together before and after the Zumba session at Curves Monroeville to mark the end of the latter in mid August. It was also an occasion to say thank you to a great and dedicated Zumba teacher Jody.

The recipes of some of the things served during yesterday's get together are in this blogsite.  The cupcake is in the 7/25/2014 post, the pineapple salsa is in the 8/2/2014 post and the vegan chocolate frosting is in the 7/21/14 post.  The vegan fruit pizza is in today's post below.

One of the dishes served during the little get together yesterday was the delicious and beautiful Vegan Fruit Pizza prepared by Jody.

Vegan Fruit Pizza

(Provided by Jody)

Ingredients:

• Vegan Pie Crust (store bought or see notes below for alternatives)
• 1 (13.5 oz) can coconut milk (full fat not lite)
• 3 tbsp powdered sugar or other sweetener
• fruit of your choice

Place the vegan pie crust in a pizza pan and follow the directions in preparing the crust according to the package or see notes below.

Place the can of coconut milk in the refrigerator overnight. 

Invert and open the can after cooling.  Carefully pour off the liquid leaving the coconut solid fat.  

Add 3 tbsp sugar to the coconut solid fat and mix thoroughly.  Spread the mixture on top of the prepared crust.   Place the fruit on top of the filling. Yummy and luscious!

Notes:

Vegan pie crust is available at Whole Foods or other health food stores or you can make a similar one using the recipe in the blog FatFree Vegan Kitchen.

An alternative crust would be the raw one described in this my blog dated June 30, 2014.