With reduced grocery trips at this time (COVID-19) I am sure a lot of us are meeting our fruit cravings with frozen fruits. I love frozen fruit as most of the time they are more nutritious being frozen at the peak of their ripeness. Uses of frozen fruits:
Smoothies: My favorite breakfast to eat is a smoothie, you can throw in your favorite fruits with milk/coconut milk/almond milk/ yogurt of your choice of nuts, seeds, you can make your smoothies low fat/high fat and it is the easiest way to sneak in your choice of nutrients in it.
Sorbet and sherbet: Purée your favorite frozen fruit with a milk or orange juice if your choice and freeze it for a wonderful sorbet/sherbet.
Barbecue sauce: Simmer frozen fruit with some ketchup, Dijon mustard, reduced sodium soy sauce, ground cumin and chili powder, you can add some chicken broth and cook till it reaches the right consistency.
Chutneys: Simmer some frozen fruit with brown sugar, rock salt, cumin, apple cider vinegar and cook until thickened to the right consistency.
Syrups for waffles/pancakes: Simmer some frozen fruit with cornstarch and orange juice till the syrup reaches the right consistency.
Vinaigrette: Spice up your favorite vinaigrette with some purées fruit of choice, strain and use.
Marinade: Puree frozen fruit with lime juice, olive oil, Dijon mustard and add fresh spices and herbs and use as a marinade for your meats/fish.
Sweet Dips: Thaw and puree frozen fruit, add ricotta cheese, mix it together, top it on gram crackers or other crackers of choice
Cheese cake/Fruit cobblers: Swirl your favorite fruit with your cheese cake before baking/chilling or top it on refrigerated butter milk biscuits, bake at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes for your fruit cobbler.
Punch: Add frozen fruit to your lime/lemonade or you could add it to your red wine to make a sangria.
Jams/ Preserves: My favorite way to use up extra frozen fruit is to make jams/preserves.
Other than this of course you can add these to your favorite muffins, tarts, cakes, popsicles and the list is endless. What is your favorite way to use frozen fruit.
Dietitian Moushumi 