Hubby craves fruit all the time. I seldom do, but realize that some fruit
is a healthy thing to include in my diet, but NOT to excess. So what I
have been doing is making a big fruit salad with bits of all kinds of fruit.
A tiny dish of that satisfies our fruit craving, without going over the top,
carb wise.
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Best Regards,
Evelyn

In the stony fastness of the mountains there is a strange market, where one
may barter the vortex of life for boundless bliss. - Milarepa

"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> Hubby craves fruit all the time. I seldom do, but realize that some
> fruit is a healthy thing to include in my diet, but NOT to excess. So
> what I have been doing is making a big fruit salad with bits of all kinds
> of fruit. A tiny dish of that satisfies our fruit craving, without going
> over the top, carb wise.

I really don't like most fruit but was told I had to eat it when I was
pregnant. So foolishly I tried to disguise the fruit in Jell-O. This was
kind of a silly thing to do because I don't really like Jell-O either. But
it can make you feel like you are eating more of it when you do that.

One fruit I do like is cranberries. A couple of times a year I make a
double batch of cranberry salad. No real recipe. If I can get cranberry
Jell-O I will use that. I don't think they make it any more. I did once
get a different brand of it online. For the past few years I have used
orange flavor. Sugar free.

I start with a bag or two of cranberries. Chop them up in the food
processor and mix with Splenda to taste. I guess you could use another
sweetener if you prefer, because this stuff isn't really cooked. Then I mix
in plenty of chopped celery and nuts. Usually pecans but walnuts will work
too. My mom would add some chopped apple and orange but I leave these out.
I do add the grated zest of an orange though.

I then add some prepared sugar free Jell-O that has been allowed to set
slightly. I usually make these in foil bread pans. They are a good size
and I can bring one to my parent's house and not worry about having to lug a
dish back home.

my biggest difficulty with this is storing it and getting it eaten before it
goes bad, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Evelyn" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hubby craves fruit all the time. I seldom do, but realize that some
>> fruit is a healthy thing to include in my diet, but NOT to excess. So
>> what I have been doing is making a big fruit salad with bits of all kinds
>> of fruit. A tiny dish of that satisfies our fruit craving, without going
>> over the top, carb wise.
>
> I really don't like most fruit but was told I had to eat it when I was
> pregnant. So foolishly I tried to disguise the fruit in Jell-O. This was
> kind of a silly thing to do because I don't really like Jell-O either.
> But it can make you feel like you are eating more of it when you do that.
>
> One fruit I do like is cranberries. A couple of times a year I make a
> double batch of cranberry salad. No real recipe. If I can get cranberry
> Jell-O I will use that. I don't think they make it any more. I did once
> get a different brand of it online. For the past few years I have used
> orange flavor. Sugar free.
>
> I start with a bag or two of cranberries. Chop them up in the food
> processor and mix with Splenda to taste. I guess you could use another
> sweetener if you prefer, because this stuff isn't really cooked. Then I
> mix in plenty of chopped celery and nuts. Usually pecans but walnuts will
> work too. My mom would add some chopped apple and orange but I leave
> these out. I do add the grated zest of an orange though.
>
> I then add some prepared sugar free Jell-O that has been allowed to set
> slightly. I usually make these in foil bread pans. They are a good size
> and I can bring one to my parent's house and not worry about having to lug
> a dish back home.
>

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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> my biggest difficulty with this is storing it and getting it eaten before
> it goes bad, Lee


We have that same problem. Making it into fruit salad and putting some
lemon juice into it as a preservative helps a lot. Even after several days
it is still good.

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Best Regards,
Evelyn

In the stony fastness of the mountains there is a strange market, where one
may barter the vortex of life for boundless bliss. - Milarepa

i guess lemon would make sense, DH's stepmother makes a "dressing that has
lemon juice, a bit of oj and splenda in it, that seems to preserve good
also, Lee
"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> my biggest difficulty with this is storing it and getting it eaten before
>> it goes bad, Lee
>
>
> We have that same problem. Making it into fruit salad and putting some
> lemon juice into it as a preservative helps a lot. Even after several
> days it is still good.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Evelyn
>
> In the stony fastness of the mountains there is a strange market, where
> one may barter the vortex of life for boundless bliss. - Milarepa

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
...
> i guess lemon would make sense, DH's stepmother makes a "dressing that has
> lemon juice, a bit of oj and splenda in it, that seems to preserve good
> also, Lee


Another trick is to add one can of some canned fruit to your whole batch of
fresh fruit. They always have a bit of some preservative in the syrup.

--
Best Regards,
Evelyn

In the stony fastness of the mountains there is a strange market, where one
may barter the vortex of life for boundless bliss. - Milarepa