The FastDay Forum

I was doing my grocery shopping list and I saw my shop has now frozen pineapple and frozen mango that made me think, what do you think about frozen fruits ? Obviously I am talking about "nude" fruits with no additives whatsoever.

For those of you who like them, what do you do with them ?

Thanks

Smoothies, fruit salads, jam, chutney (very nice pineapple chutney recipe for you!), garnishes (fruit coulis), icecreams...

[Debs]

Very handy I think. I have frozen raspberries here as I don't have access to good, fresh fruit. I mix them in my yoghurt, smoothies too. I don't imagine they have any less nutritional value either.

Frozen cherries! Delicious x

I always keep frozen berries on hand.

[janeg]

love and always have frozen raspberries. I refuse to pay the price for forced and chemically adulterated berries.
I use them in smoothies, cranachan and just to have in custard or anything.
Frozen mango is available here but with them being so cheap (I'm very lucky I know ) I haven't used them.
Have also used frozen blueberries but don't really like frozen strawberries.

I defrost them over night and add them to my porridge. My daughter makes a smoothie with them every morning with yoghurt and milk. THey are fab x

Thanks for the replies. I bought pineapple amd will try it later. Even still frozen, it smell wonderful.I may try rhubarb next time. The strawberries "scare" me a little as they seem to be quite soggy once defrost.

Blueberries and raspberries still are my favorites but they are quite expensive

Yes @Manderley We get fruits of the forest, they contain blackberrys /raspberrys black+redcurrants frozen here in UK very handy as a quick desert or nibbles.

Manderley, I agree about the strawberries, they don't seem to freeze well and end up all mushy once de-frosted. Okay if you just want to puree them but not much good if you need the whole fruit!

I don't really eat puree fruits. One exception though, I freeze very ripped bananas, cut in quarters, to make a smoothie with later.

Frozen pineapple is really really good and, during the summer, I see it becoming a nice cold sweet to cool down a little

So now I have in my freezer raspberries and pineapple and in cans mango, pear, apricot and peach. Plus the dry fruits (apricots, bananas and figs), and the fresh fruits (clementines and apples) that should be okay for the next few weeks

Frozen strawberries don't taste very nice as well as being mushy, yuk!
I always freeze blackcurrants, redcurrants and loganberries from the garden, but this year the loganberry will be dug out, it creeps all over the veggie patch and they are not my favourite fruit. I have some blueberry bushes to plant in the empty space, my garden has acid soil so they should do well.
Ooooh, can't wait for the warm weather, the first fruit is the rhubarb which is just peeping through the soil. I only freeze cooked rhubarb - if we have any to spare!

I get frozen berries..they're all nice except the strawbs as peeps already mentioned
Really handy to have in freezer
Defrost overnight for brekky either with porridge or with greek yogurt or in a smoothie
Also lovely inside a meringue shell for a low cal treat x

[Moogie]

I watched a food documentary last year which had people blind taste tested for cooked fresh and frozen veg (okay, not fruit, but same deal) - they actually preferred the frozen. Apparently it is frozen so quickly after being harvested it's actually fresher than most fresh stuff by the time you buy it & use it. So, defo as good for nutrition & flavour, and a convenient option too

Frozen yogurt and frozen berries blitzed together in food processor make very nice yogurt icecream...