Fruit Recipes

A hearty hot cereal with oat bran, shredded apple, raisins, and a hint of caraway, sweetened with maple syrup for a healthy breakfast.

Swiss-style flan with fresh apricot halves baked in vanilla cream custard, dusted with powdered sugar and served warm or cold.

Fresh autumn fruits draped in a billowy sherry sabayon sauce with whipped cream and orange zest. Cantaloupe, figs, and grapes under a cloud of custard, finished with toasted almonds. Effortlessly elegant.

Smooth, creamy avocado and raisin dip blended with lime juice in just 5 minutes. The raisins add a sweet chewiness that makes this a surprising twist on guacamole. Scoop it up with chips, crackers, or raw veggies.

Four-ingredient baked apples stuffed with raisins and cinnamon, brushed with orange juice. Low-fat, diabetic-friendly, and ready in 45 minutes.

Broiled bananas au gratin over a smooth vanilla-lemon cottage cheese base, topped with graham cracker crumbs and cinnamon. A low-calorie warm dessert ready in 20 minutes.

Tropical poke cake soaked in warm pineapple, layered with cream cheese pudding, sliced bananas, Cool Whip, cherries, pecans, and coconut. The ultimate no-bake-topping dessert.

Ripe nectarine halves filled with butter, brown sugar, and sweet sherry, then broiled until bubbly and caramelized. A 4-ingredient summer dessert ready in just 15 minutes.

Old-fashioned candied figs, apricots, or tomatoes preserved in sugar syrup over several days, then sun-dried and sugar-dredged. A slow, sweet, heritage preserving project.

Fruity chicken salad with blueberries, grapes, almonds, and a lemony ginger dressing, served in scooped cantaloupe halves. A light, gorgeous lunch that doubles as its own bowl.

Vegetarian curry with black-eyed peas, kidney beans, sautéed bananas, and apple in a spiced yogurt sauce. Served over rice with peanuts and cilantro.

Dessert pizza with a baked pastry crust, creamy walnut-studded cream cheese filling, and tart cherry pie filling on top. A fun twist on cheesecake that feeds a crowd.

A diabetic-friendly cherry pie made with unsweetened cherries, sugar substitute, and a hint of almond extract. Includes a homemade whipped topping from scratch using skim milk powder.

A quick microwave cherry sauce made with dark sweet cherries, cornstarch, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Spoon over ice cream or cake in under 10 minutes.

I always do them, not only at Chrsitmas, sometimes I change some kinds of nuts, or use blueberries or strawberries, all go well!

Adorable spiced cider "bugs" made from dried orange halves filled with brown sugar, cinnamon stick legs, clove eyes, and a nutmeg head. Drop into hot cider for a festive holiday drink.