Re: cooking fruit

[Guest guest]

" 1)How do you cook fruit?

2)Can it be microwaved?

3)Are there any fruits that can't be cooked?

4)Are there any fruits that don't need to be cooked? "

1. I baked all of our fruit.

2. I suppose that it can be microwaved, but I don't use my

microwave much and prefer the taste of baked foods.

3. You can cook anything.

4. You do not have to cook very ripe bananas and ripe avocados.

(Unripe bananas (or any other fruits) are not allowed on SCD.)

I bought a lot of frozen fruit and baked it. It was very easy and

eliminated having to peel stuff since the frozen mangos,

peaches, etc. were already peeled.

I just put a small amount of water in the bottom of a glass baking

pan and then put the frozen fruit in the pan. I cooked it on 350 for

45+ minutes, untill it was soft.

You can serve it as is, freeze it with sticks in it, puree it and eat it

as " fruit sauce " or you can puree it and freeze it into popsicles.

Jody

mom to -6 and -8

SCD 23 months

[Guest guest]

" 1)How do you cook fruit?

2)Can it be microwaved?

3)Are there any fruits that can't be cooked?

4)Are there any fruits that don't need to be cooked? "

1. I baked all of our fruit.

2. I suppose that it can be microwaved, but I don't use my

microwave much and prefer the taste of baked foods.

3. You can cook anything.

4. You do not have to cook very ripe bananas and ripe avocados.

(Unripe bananas (or any other fruits) are not allowed on SCD.)

I bought a lot of frozen fruit and baked it. It was very easy and

eliminated having to peel stuff since the frozen mangos,

peaches, etc. were already peeled.

I just put a small amount of water in the bottom of a glass baking

pan and then put the frozen fruit in the pan. I cooked it on 350 for

45+ minutes, untill it was soft.

You can serve it as is, freeze it with sticks in it, puree it and eat it

as " fruit sauce " or you can puree it and freeze it into popsicles.

Jody

mom to -6 and -8

SCD 23 months

[Guest guest]

Hi, Shanna.

I bake our fruit as Jody suggested, but I also use my crock pot, as well.

Frozen fruit works very well in the crock pot. I always add a little more

water when I use the crock pot just so I do not scorch the fruit in case I

forget about it for while. But the smell is wonderful, and it is hard to

forget that it is cooking! I make fruit sauces/spreads/syrups in my bread

machine (which has a jam setting). Follow the machine directions, and add

more liquid (legal cider/homemade juices/water) if you want it to be more

like a syrup for pancakes. We make pineapple syrup/sauce this way and

everyone loves it--wonderful on all of the pancake recipes listed in

pecanbread website. You can make it on the stove, as well, but you need to

do more stirring.

1 cup crushed pineapple

1/8-1/4 cup pineapple juice (more if you want a syrup)

1-2 TBS Honey

2 TBS ghee or coconut oil (both melted).

Set according to machine settings. If on the stove--cook for 5-10 mintues

stirring until clear and thick. When the sauce cooks down, you may add

cinnamon. Makes about 1 cup. Also good on SCD yogurt (either frozen or

fresh), and we also use it as a dipping sauce for fruit (Dakota loves

" dunks " and will eat most things if he can dunk it into something) and it is

a really good marinade.

Best wishes.

Mom to Dakota (7--NF, BWS, CDD, Seizure Disorders--SCD 1+yr)

and (4--happy and healthy supportive little brother--SCD 1+yr)