Food Fun and Facts Fruit Recipes and Fruit Information


Fruit Recipes  Cooking with Fruit

Baked Apples Recipe  

Banana Butterscotch Recipe

Banana Fruit Bread Recipe

Banberry Tarts Recipe

Christmas Wreath Salad Recipe

Club Fruit Plate Recipe

Cranberry Orange Relish Recipe

Crunchy Blueberry Pie Recipe

Crystal Apples Recipe

Fresh Fruit Cream Cheese Pie Recipe

Fried Bananas Recipe

Frozen Fruit Salad Recipe

Fruit Compote Recipe


Fruit Delight Recipe

Fruit Dip Recipe

Italian Fruit Salad Recipe

Molded Cranberry Salad Recipe

One Cup Salad Recipe

Orange Cream in Orange Cups Recipe

Orange and Sweet Onion Salad Recipe

Quince Recipe

Simple Fruit Salad Recipe

Strawberry Rhubarb Bread Pudding Recipe



Apples

Good apples for eating fresh are:

Macintosh, Macoun, Red & Golden Delicious, Cortland.

   Choose  firm, well shaped apples without bruises..



Small quantities of apples should be stored in a plastic bag in the Refrigerator.

Be sure that there are some air holes in the bag to keep the apples from mushing. 

If you have large quantities of apples, store in a dark, cool place such as a cellar or root cellar.







Nutrition Facts of Oranges:

1 orange has 80 Calories
7 Grams of Fiber
14 grams of Sugar
1 Gram of Protein

An orange has 2% of your daily Vitamin A needs
6% of your Daily Calcium Needs
130% of your Daily Vitamin C Needs
2% of your Daily Iron Needs




Grapefruit
Duncan Grapefruit- October to May
Large,pale yellow color, tinged with russet.
Thin skin.  Lots of seeds but Gives good juice yield.


Seedless Grapefruit-November through June
Yellow skin, small medium size.
Usually under 8 seeds and easy to cut and serve.


Pink Seedless Grapefruit- October- May
Similar to the March seedless grapefruit.
The pink meat enhances its appearance.



Varieties of Oranges

Early and Mid Season Oranges
Navel Oranges-November through January
Extra large fruit, usually seedless. Peels and sections easily. Hamlin Orange-October through December
A juice medium size juice orange, with thin skin and usually seedless.

Pineapple Orange-December through February
Medium to Large Size. Sweet and juicy with some seeds. Deep Orange Color.


Late Oranges
Valencia Orange -March through July
Large, deep orange color with smooth thin skin, mostly seedless but never more than 6 seeds

Temple Orange-January to March
Small, deep orange with oval shape.
Has pebbly skin with a few seeds. Peels and sections easily. A rich flavor all its own.
Murcott Orange-February to April
Great Orange for Eating- Sweet and Juicy.

Tangelo-December to March
A cross between the tangerine and grapefruit.

Sweet and easy to peel and sections easily.

Tangerine- December to February
Small to Medium size with a few seeds. Rich sweet flavor, spicy aroma.



5 A Day, the Color Way
EAT YOUR COLORS TO STAY HEALTHY AND FIT!

It’s important to get a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables into your diet every day! Why? Because colorful fruits and vegetables provide the wide range of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals your body needs to maintain good health and energy levels.




Now join Alice Waters and the cooks at Chez Panisse in celebration of fruit. Chez Panisse Fruit draws on the exuberant flavors of fresh,
ripe fruit to create memorable dishes. In this companion volume to Chez Panisse Vegetables, discover more than 200 recipes
for both sweet and savory dishes featuring fruit. Glorify the late-summer peach harvest with Peach and Raspberry Gratin,
and extend the season with Grilled Cured Duck Breast with Pickled Peaches.

Enjoy the first plums in Pork Loin Stuffed with Wild Plums and Rosemary. Preserve the fresh flavors of winter citrus
with Kumquat Marmalade or Candied Grapefruit Peel. Organized alphabetically by fruit -- from apples to strawberries --
and including helpful essays on selecting, storing, and preparing fruit, this book will help you make the very most
of fresh fruits from season to season. Illustrated with beautiful color relief prints by Patricia Curtan, Chez Panisse Fruit
is a book to savor and to treasure.




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