Farm Produce and 1 week to eat it!
Hi Everyone,
I'm moving in a week, and, due to some unforeseen circumstances, we have to live in a hotel for a week before we move into our new place.
Meanwhile, I'm getting my weekly farm produce delivery tomorrow, so I have less than a week to use it all up!
I'm not worried about the veggies, I can incorporate those into dinner, but the fruit concerns me- 2 kinds of plums, nectarines, peaches, and apples!
Normally I would be thrilled, and would get to canning, but...
Any recipes that won't make me gain 100 pounds this week?
Thanks!
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8 Comments:
baked the fruit with some citrus juice. Great on pancakes, waffles, ice cream or just by itself.
JerzeeTomato at 2:06AM on 09/17/09
That fruit syrup/drizzle/thing would probably cook up pretty well in a crockpot, if it's too hot for the oven.
Let's see, stewed apples over or in bread pudding. Apple crisp. Applesauce (pretty good even without added sugar).
The rest can be cut into chunks, frozen on cookie sheets, and food-processed into a very simple sorbet with a little milk or cream and your favorite sweetener.
It even works with cucumbers (but no milk) and honey. It's another Mark Bittman trick.
gentlyferal at 3:37AM on 09/17/09
I'd just eat the fruit. If you want something a little different, do a mixed fruit salad and top it with a dollop of yogurt for breakfast, lunch or dessert. Apples are the ones that would last the longest, so eat them last and if there are any left, bring them along. They'd be fine at room temp and you'd have something to snack on in the hotel.
dbcurrie at 12:40PM on 09/17/09
you can't just eat the fruit?
they make great snacks.
bring it to the hotel to munch on?
i'm confused.
gastronomeg at 12:44PM on 09/17/09
Gastronomeg - It's a lot of fruit (and a lot of veggies for that matter), my BF doesn't eat many fruits, and, when dealing with moving, I really don't want to have to worry about bringing a bag of apples with me...
KateRuby at 1:39PM on 09/17/09
@KateRuby, if it's too much fruit to eat as plain fruit, the volume is going to increase if you make something out of it. And baking a bunch of pies and other things to give away would be just as much work as doing the preserving. If there's no way to store it for the week so you can make preserves later, I'd suggest keeping want seems reasonable for before the move, and donating the rest to a shelter.
dbcurrie at 1:49PM on 09/17/09
Share with your co-workers! I can honestly say that it would be a great treat if someone brought fresh fruit instead of cookies and unhealthy snacks to my office...
LoFromChi at 2:19PM on 09/17/09
Good ideas, everyone! Thanks so much!
dbcurrie - what a brilliant idea...i'm a moron for not thinking of it!
KateRuby at 5:57PM on 09/17/09