Fruit-Sweetened Recipes
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Frozen Fruit Juice Popsicles
Can use any fruit juice to make a refreshing summertime treat to make molded frozen popsicles to eat. In addition, can mix the fruit juice with plant-based, sugar-free yogurt to add a nice taste to the popsicles too.
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Frozen Grape Snack
Remove stems from the grapes, wash grapes in a colander, then place flat in a rimmed cookie sheet pan. Place in the freezer and freeze overnight. Remove from the freezer the next morning, dump 1/2 cup portions into 4 oz. canning jars or snack-sized zippy bags and refreeze. Remove one container at a time to eat and enjoy!
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Fruity Gelatin
4 cups of fruit juice, divided into 1 cup and 3 cups
4 tablespoons beef gelatin powder
Pour one cup of juice into a saucepan. Add the four tablespoons of the gelatin powder to the saucepan. Mix it with a whisk until all the clumps are gone. Once all the gelatin is mixed in (looks cloudy), move the saucepan over to stove and cook on medium high heat. Heat and stir until it looks clear. Remove from heat, then stir in the rest of the juice. Stir gently to prevent air bubbles. Pour it into an 8" x 8" pan or Jell-o mold. Refrigerate at least four hours. Cut into small cubes.
Suggestions:
Add fruit pieces such as grape halves and chopped canned peaches to your fruity gelatin.
Stir in a cup of Fruit Puree to the fruit and gelatin mixture just before pouring into the molding pan (see Fruit Puree recipe below)
Welch's Grape Juice is yummy!
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Fruit Puree
Thaw out a package of frozen fruit and puree in a blender. Or do the same to drained, canned fruit. Store it in a wide mouth canning jar in the refrigerator or make a Souper Cube container of it for the freezer. Since I'm allergic to applesauce and 5 other fruits, I puree those I can eat to use them in baked foods, beverages, gelatin, etc.
Suggestions: bananas, blueberries, peaches, pears, prunes, pumpkin, raspberries
TIP for Out of Season Fruits:
I have no problem with eating commercial baby food purees, as long as I can find them without any of the ingredients I'm allergic to or restricted from eating. (see Spice post for Small Jar Tip).
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Snack Packs/Fruit and Vegetable Tray/Finger Food/ Trail Mix
Fruit:
Banana chips
Blueberries, raw or freeze dried
Cantaloupe, honeydew or watermelon balls/cubes
Coconut Flakes, unsweetened
Dates, pitted, chopped
Dried cranberries
Grapes, seedless
Peaches, freeze dried
Raspberries, raw
Dairy-Free:
Follow My Heart or Violife plant cheese slices cut into quarters
Grain:
Absolutely Gluten-free crackers
Chex, Corn or Rice Cereal
Fritos, Lightly salted
Granola, unsweetened
Protein:
2 hard-boiled eggs
a broiled hamburger, cut into quarters (see Protein post for recipe) Canadian bacon
Cashews, unsalted
cooked shrimps
cup of beef gelatin with fruit
Dino chicken nuggets, gluten-free
meatballs
mixed nuts, low-sodium
peanut butter crackers
protein bar
Pumpkin seeds, shelled
Sunflower seeds, shelled
Vegetable:
baby carrot sticks
Celery sticks
Harvest Snaps baked veggie snacks
potato sticks
Red, orange, and yellow bell pepper slices
snap peas
Terra Chips
Suggestions:
* Amazon carries a stainless steel 4 compartment container with a lid. Each compartment is about 5 ounces in size. We ordered a 4 pack set of these. Thought they would be great to fill and take when running errands, etc.
* pack in a small cooler with an cold pack to keep foods cool and fresh. Add a packaged wet wipe to clean fingers.
* Use a silicone or paper cupcake/muffin liners to create small divided spaces in the compartments of the snack tray.
* Or use a stainless steel cup with a silicone lid to hold a condiment or dip.
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