Fruit Recipes

Irish comfort food at its finest: fluffy mashed potatoes whipped with butter-soft apples. Sweet and savory collide in this traditional side that pairs beautifully with bacon or fried fish.

Quick 15-minute apple raisin sauce with applesauce, apple butter, and maple syrup for a naturally sweet topping over pancakes, pork, or oatmeal.

Fresh fruit smoothie with apples, apricots, banana, and yogurt blended with honey for a quick healthy breakfast or snack ready in 5 minutes.

Apple filling cake baked in a tube pan with layers of grated cinnamon apples swirled through a moist oil-based batter. Dense, fruity, and warmly spiced.

Broiled banana on a toasted raisin English muffin with melted apricot jam and a sprinkle of cinnamon. A quick 10-minute breakfast or snack at just 86 calories.

A lighter baked rice pudding studded with chopped apples and dates, lifted with folded egg whites for a soufflé-like texture. Warm, cinnamony, and comforting.

Baked swordfish steaks in citrus barbecue sauce at high heat until flaky and tender. A simple two-ingredient recipe that works with salmon too, ready in 30 minutes.

Baked oranges boiled whole until tender, then baked in a red cinnamon candy syrup and chilled overnight. A sweet, spiced fruit side dish for roasted meats.

Italian baked stuffed peaches filled with ground almonds, crushed amaretti cookies, and egg, drizzled with Marsala wine and baked until golden. An elegant summer dessert served warm or chilled.

Butter-sautéed bananas in an apricot-orange sauce, flambéed tableside with rum or brandy. A dramatic 20-minute French dessert served over ice cream or with whipped cream.

Sweet and tangy peach barbecue sauce with brown sugar, ginger, and mace for basting grilled hot dogs, pork, or chicken. This fruity twist on classic BBQ sauce comes together in 10 minutes flat.

Traditional German Rumtopf: a layered preserve of summer fruits, sugar, and rum that builds up over the season and matures into a boozy Christmas dessert by winter.

Seasonal fresh fruit drizzled with a creamy orange-honey yogurt sauce made with orange zest, fresh juice, honey, and vanilla. Diabetic-friendly, endlessly adaptable, and ready in minutes. A light dessert for any time of year.

Fresh berry filling for pierogies using blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, or strawberries tossed with sugar. A simple 2-ingredient sweet pierogi filling ready in minutes.

Berry yogurt shake blended with fresh berries, honey, cold milk, and yogurt until smooth. A creamy 4-ingredient smoothie ready in 5 minutes flat.

This recipe is healthy and tasty, very nutritious too. It can be served as a fruits salad, or mixing with ice cream, they all go very well!