Let me begin by giving a short shout-out to popsicles - they're the perfect rejuvenating mechanism for those moments of heavy sweatbreak where instant refreshment is necessary for a quick energy boost. But popsicles, well - they get old! How many popsicles a day can a person consume before they lose their refreshing umph? Not too many - I usually feel sick by the Fourth of July at the sight of the patriotic pops I would have lined up for a few months earlier.
So, I've come up with an alternative summer refreshment. It's not quite the same as popsicles, but it certainly contests them, since it does the same energy- boosting trick. Frozen fruit! There are only a few fruits I've tried this with, but I have yet to find a fruit for which a drop in temperature does not significantly improve taste.
Now I certainly don't mean to discourage defrosting store-bought frozen fruit - that's freezer-burn city, and always nasty! For best (or, perhaps more accurately, GOOD) results, frozen fruit must always be homemade.
Just pop your own fruit into your freezer. Easy as that! My absolute favorite is bananas, and I sometimes dip them in strawberry or chocolate syrup, or even cover them in hardening chocolate before freezing them (especially good with shredded coconut or peanut crumbles - mmmm!). Grapes are a close second (they're just like candies!), and blueberries work well too.
Oranges are also superb, but you have to make sure to peel them and separate them into slices before freezing them. The rule as I have learned it is that whatever gets frozen stays in its frozen position, so freeze it the way you want to eat it!
I haven't tried pineapple or mango yet - but I think I might venture to do so soon. I think those ones would also work very well.
Grapes, blueberries, and other small fruits with edible outer skins freeze best in a strainer, laden with paper towels. Larger fruits (like apples) must be cut and/or peeled before being frozen (the freeze-position rule again).
Bananas are tricky, because they stick to whatever they are frozen on top of - aluminum foil works far better than paper towels, but what I've found works best is laying them out on a tray. You can even just place them straight onto the freezer bottom itself (just make sure your freezer is clean and cleaning fluid chemical-free!).
If any of you venture to freeze fruits I haven't tested yet, let me know how they work!
Here's another
frozen fruit idea I found. Do any of you have any other snack ideas that frozen fruit can be incorporated into?
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we've frozen grapes and watermelon since i was little. get your fruit on and stay cool! good deal i say!
frozen blueberries win
mm, that sounds so good & a really good idea. :) thanks x
I will attempt this, thank you. :D
@Delia712@xanga - frozen grapes are awesome
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Thanks for the idea! I should freeze a banana or two right now... :D
I love freezing strawberries and cantelope. :]
Last summer/fall I froze some blueberries, strawberries, and cherries, and then made smoothies out of them in the winter.
pears!
so good!This is amazing. I will definitely try this out!
i love frozen grapes.
i clearly loves teh frozen fruits.
i always put frozen blueberries in my yogurt/cereal...they're so much more satisfying than regular blueberries. and i usually freeze my fruit in tupperware, works for me.
Frozen grapes are heaven. I'm going to go put some in the fridge now! =)
Oy, I'm already getting goosebumps at the thought of biting into fruit ice. My teeth are waaaaaay to sensitive for that sort of thing, as delicious as it is :( I do, however, use lots of frozen fruit in smoothies.
i want frozen berries and grapes right now :p
Try freezing peaches. I've never tried it fresh, but freezing the kind that come in a can is pretty good! Then the juice they come in turns kind of slush-like.
frozen... strawberries, grapes, bananas.. any really. love them all! :)
frozen blueberries & grapes yumm!
LOL wow I was just about to write a RANDOM xanga entry saying
"I can't wait for summer so I can eat frozen grapes"
I love frozen grapes...it seriously is like eatin candyy yumm
and frozen bananas are 2nd fav..
I want to try mango too now..
Doing this with pineapple is THE best thing EVER!
I like to use the canned rings and put a strawberry in the center of the ring before freezing it. Yum!
I love fruit, and our school has had the habit lately of serving us frozen peaches. They're quite delicious. I'd like to try frozen watermelon, perhaps.
Thanks for the idea, looks yummy. I love fruit.