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FREEZE-DRIED FRUITS
Freeze-dried fruits are probably our favorite Thrive foods to have on hand. We use them often. With freeze-dried fruits you eliminate steps like washing, removing fruit rinds, seeds, and pits and they are always ripe and ready to eat.
If you don’t think freeze dried foods compare to fresh, think again! The natural taste and nutrition of our foods are preserved during the freeze drying process. While fresh foods start losing flavor and nutrients the moment they’re picked, THRIVE stays healthy
and fresh-tasting for years to come.
Here are some ways we use freeze-dried fruits in our everyday cooking:
SNACKING:
We love to just eat the fruit straight out of the can. Kids eat them instead of fruit snacks, and they are a much healthier snack.
BAKING:
Adding freeze-dried fruits to baking is so easy. You can add them to muffins, pies and more. Often times if the batter is already a wet consistency you can just toss the fruit right in. Sometimes you’ll need to re-hydrate them ahead of time. Try this Blackberry Pie or this 4th of July Patriotic Jello.
FROSTING:
Adding crushed freeze-dried fruits to frosting is a great way to flavor AND color it. When you try to color frosting with fresh fruit the liquid messes up the consistency of the frosting. With all the harmful ingredients found in dyes having a natural option is great.
CEREALS:
Try adding some of your freeze-dried fruits to oatmeal, cereals, pancakes or any other breakfast foods. Most of the time you can just add the fruit dry and let the liquid of the cereals hydrate the fruits.
SYRUPS/JAMS:
Freeze-dried fruit is great for making syrups and jams. When you get to the bottom of your number 10 can, and you have some freeze dried fruit powder, consider using it to make your own quick jams like this. Or you can make glazes like this Apricot Glaze. The nice thing about that is that you can use just as much as you need and you don’t have to have any waste.
SALAD DRESSINGS:
Freeze-dried fruits work really well even in salad dressings. They are really nice to have when you aren’t looking to buy certain fruits out of season like raspberries. To see how to use it in a salad dressing, scroll down on this great post about Using your Food Storage.
SMOOTHIES:
One of the most popular ways to use freeze-dried fruit is in smoothies. It’s fun to add a whole assortment of fruits to any smoothie and because they are dry, you can use ice as the liquid and make them nice and cold without having the water from the fruit as well. This makes a thicker smoothie. For a chart on how to use freeze-dried fruits in green smoothies click here.
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