Articles Posted in the Fruit Category
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Crushed Pineapple Popsicles
This is less of a recipe and more of a fun tip. Summer is coming and there’s nothing better than a fruit popsicle in the hellish heat. Instead of splurging on expensive popsicles full of high fructose corn syrup and who-knows-what-else, make your own! Grab yourself a set of popsicle molds from Amazon and let [...]
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Homemade Autumn Granola Recipe – $.48 Per Serving
Last week I made a whole 5 gallon bucket’s worth of delicious, crunchy, natural granola because there’s an upcoming fall festival and I’ll be selling this to the public. Fun! But I’m absolutely going to make this much again for myself, vacuum seal it, and store it. Why Make It Yourself? Granola is actually a [...]
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Frozen Coconut & Greek Yogurt Covered Blueberries & Raspberries
So here’s what happened. I found this cool Greek yogurt covered frozen blueberries idea on Pinterest and of course, they’re beautiful and perfect on Pinterest. Well, that didn’t happened. First, apparently these berries are supposed to be frozen for an hour. I forgot about them for 2 days. So when I got them out tonight, they [...]
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Peach, Raspberry & Coconut Oat Crisp with Flax – $.64
Thank goodness for crumbles. Fruit crumbles are one of those things you can throw together without a recipe and 9 times out of 10 it’ll be fabulous. You’ve just gotta use a few necessary components. This time I’m making it with a peach and raspberries, but feel free to use cheaper fruits like apples, etc.
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Grilled Pork Chop with Smokey Peach Vegetable Quinoa – $1.40
Three of my favorite things to eat in the summertime are grilled meat, corn and peaches. Here’s a lovely, surprisingly light dish that’s perfect for the warm weather ahead and PERFECT for a weekend evening meal. Before we get started, go ahead and get your grill going and water in a large pot boiling. Who [...]
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Garlic & Ginger Soy Dressing – $1.02 for 10+ servings
One of my favorite things to make is dressing. I call it dressing, but really, these types of sauces can be used for just about anything. You can use it as salad dressing, dipping sauce for whatever, or even sautéed with ingredients on the stove. I generally don’t buy most store-bought dressings any more for these 4 [...]
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“38 Special” Chili {Sausage, Beer, & Spinach, Oh My!}
I would say that I’m not a very competitive person. Bragging about how good you are at something and winning is the stuff of daydreams. But bragging and then losing is pretty humiliating to experience and watch others go through. With that said, at my 8-5 cube job, we had a chili cook-off and for [...]
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Pumpkin Apple Butter Recipe
This is probably the easiest thing I’ve made on this site. Seriously, don’t be afraid of this. With a crock pot and a little patience, you’ve got a ton of delicious pumpkin apple butter your mama would be proud of. If you’d prefer to use canned pumpkin, skip down to the pictures of apples. However, this was [...]
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Caramel Pumpkin Applesauce with Crunchy Topping – $.44
I think I need a section for recipes that aren’t necessarily “healthy” but not as bad as a fried Twinkie. I just had to share this one with you. I got in a little over my head and I bought a big bag of apples. I don’t eat them as quickly as I thought… so [...]
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Sauteed Salmon over Black Bean/Mango/Pineapple "Slaw" & Steamed Broccoli – $2.80
(Sorry, this was an old post. It’s not nearly as interesting to read without all the photos.) This simple meal is a perfect example of how healthy, delicious food can be easy on your pocket! For under $3 I prepared a filling meal with protein, calcium, iron, magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin C and plenty of [...]
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Vietnamese Style Chicken & Cucumber Spring Rolls – $1.16
One thing I love about these is that they’re perfect for entertaining. Make this for a dinner party and you’ll be the local eccentric condescending foodie in no time! (But seriously, eat it…)
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Balthazar Salad
This is the Balthazar Salad, but a picture cannot truly capture its fabulousness. It has a depth of flavor about it – the different lettuces, the asparagus, the ricotta and avocado, even the truffle vinaigrette – which makes it taste both green and earthy at the same time. It’s elegant, too, the way you dress [...]
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Caramelized Onion Stuffed Turkey Burger with Guacamole, Fresh Spinach & Feta – $1.86
If I had a grill, this would’ve been so much better. But it’s all good. I’ve been trying to stay away from bread, hence the bun-less burger, but feel free to make your own with the bun. Start by chopping up 1/2 medium onion or one small onion and putting it in a nonstick pan [...]
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Chili Pineapple & Mushroom Chicken over Brown Rice – $1.87
If I remember correctly, after taking the first bite of this I proclaimed, “OH SNAP.” Thus concludes my introduction to this dish. Start with some chicken legs or whatever cut you want. I just got a killer deal on these. Rinse and dry the pieces. Also, go ahead and get your rice cookin’! Drop them [...]
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Sour Cream & Queso Fresco over Black Beans – $.73
Remember that cucumber jicama slaw we made? Well you’ll need that for this quick meal. It tastes awesome on just about anything you’d put salsa on, like tacos or nachos- it’s fresh, crunchy and spicy. Warm up some black beans using whatever warming method you prefer. I just pop mine right from the can into [...]
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Pineapple Salsa over Sauteed Pork & Roasted Potato Medley – $1.14
DUDE. This was awesome. It may look a little dry and boring in this picture but believe you me, the flavors were packed with a punch. I’m going to try to make a better effort to give you a heads up of the ingredients you’ll need to make this. I don’t measure stuff- sorry. I [...]
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Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sauteed Pork Chops and Apple – $1.15
So the other night I asked one of my roommates, “What kind of pasta can you make without a pasta roller?” since I had like NO food left. I thought, well hey, gnocchi is done by hand but I don’t have any potatoes. Oh yes I do! Sweet potatoes! After asking her, “I wonder if [...]
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Pineapple Mango Banana Spinach Rice-Wrap – $.37
Here’s a crazy good appetizer or snack for your next Spring party! I bought like 1,000 rice wrappers for about 86 cents and I’m trying to find ways to use them. They’re actually really nice because they’re not too heavy like tortillas and you can (as I found out) use them for sweet food inside [...]
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Vegan Blueberry Crisp – $.85
So I got these blueberries free from my mom. I know blueberries are a bit more pricey than other fruits so I understand if these are out of your price range. They ARE, however, super good for you, with a beautiful amount of Vitamin C, fiber, and lots of antioxidants. So a few years back [...]
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Stupid Good Avocado Soup – $.74
I think if we have food in Heaven, avocados will be there. As well as mangoes and bacon. I had a very random thought this morning: avocado soup. Avocados give amazing texture to anything you put it in, especially if you blend it till smooth, so I figured it’d be perfect for a healthy soup [...]
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Baked Coconut Chicken – $.88
Sorry it’s taken me a few days to post. I’ve been out of town all week and it’s hard to get away. Anyway, the other night I literally had 3 main ingredients left to my name. Chicken, orzo, and coconut. Oh, and one more egg left. I decided to put together a sweet and savory [...]
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Savory Apple Stuffed Chicken – $.83
Hmm…so as I look in my fridge I see I have a piece of chicken, an apple, and like one egg left to my name. Ok, this should be interesting. My first thought was to combine the apple with bread to make a sweet and savory stuffing for the inside of the chicken, then breading [...]
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Coconut Chicken Soup – $.20
A few weeks ago I made Thai sweet potato chicken soup. This recipe has a lot of the same ingredients, but a very different texture and flavor. Instead of using coconut milk and whipped sweet potatoes as a base, I used sweetened coconut and water as a base. This version is much lighter, and much faster [...]
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Apple Flax Buckwheat Pancakes – $.11
After dreaming I was an assisting surgical nurse for Jack Shephard from Lost last night, my first thought when I woke up this morning was, “I want some pancakes.” (Welcome to my world.) While searching for recipes, I came across flaxseed pancake recipes. I remembered my Slovak friend had given me a bag of unidentified seeds [...]
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Vegan Apple Crisp – $.39
The other day I received a free bag of walnuts and almonds, so naturally, I thought of apple crisp! But baking an apple crisp/crumble that’s healthy too can be a bit challenging because we all know that the more butter and brown sugar you put in it, the more “oooo’s and aaaah’s” you get from [...]
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Crustless Veggie Quiche – $.24
Would I be correct in assuming that most of us don’t have the time first thing in the morning to make ourselves a huge breakfast? When I work full time, I barely have enough time to brush my teeth in the morning, let alone make breakfast. Last month I wrote about eating fruit for breakfast, which [...]
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Knock-Your-Socks-Off Orange Chicken – $1.95
I’m pretty stinkin’ excited to show you what I made for myself last night. Sometimes “healthy” can be relative, and this is not the kind of meal you should eat every day. However, it’s amazingly tasty, it will impress your in-laws without a lot of work, and is substantially less fattening than the nasty greasy [...]
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Ethiopian Layered Fruit Drink – $.55
Back in 2004 I spent two months in Ethiopia working with local youth and AIDS patients. I bought two things on a regular basis there: an authentic macchiato and an Ethiopian “spress”, as they called it…both of which I shouldn’t have been consuming because of the contaminated water & soil, but whatever, they were amazing. [...]
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Thai Sweet Potato Coconut Chicken Soup – $.80
Ya’ know those dishes that have so many ingredients in it, you’re not sure which ones to highlight in the title? This is one of them! With sweet potatoes, carrots, chicken, onions, ginger, garlic, coconut milk and spices, this soup is sure to have you saying, “Hmmm…. this is one of the weirdest and best [...]
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Whipped Sweet Potato Stuffed & Baked Clementines – $.18
This may not be a rush-home-from-work-and-feed-the-family kind of dish, but perfect for entertaining and a different way of eating sweet potatoes. I’ve got to give Emeril the credit for the idea but I’m not a fan of stealing recipes… so this is all a lovely experiment on a low budget. Start by cooking a sweet [...]
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Mango Lassi – $.75
Ever paid $7 for a mango lassi? I have. In fact, I think I ended up paying a whole lot more but I’m not willing to admit it publicly. I’m not sure about the differences in ingredients in what I’ve bought from a restaurant and what I’ve made at home, but I can tell you [...]
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