Showing posts with label Fruit Compote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fruit Compote. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Tropical Fruit Compote

3/4 C water
1/2 C sugar
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
1 piece lemon peel
1/2 tsp rum or vanilla extract (optional)
1 pineapple, cored, peeled,
cut into 8 slices
2 mangos, peeled, pitted, cut into 8 pieces
3 bananas, peeled, cut into 8 diagonal pieces
to taste fresh mint leaves (optional)

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Summer Fruit Compote

Makes 4 1/2-cup servings

2 cups sliced fresh peaches (peeled, if desired)
2 cups hulled fresh strawberries
1/2 cup white grape juice concentrate or apple juice concentrate

Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 5 minutes, or until fruit just becomes soft. Serve warm or cold.

Per 1/2-cup serving: 121 calories; 0.5 g fat; 0.1 g saturated fat; 4% calories from fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 1.5 g protein; 29.6 g total carbohydrates; 26.3 g sugar; 2.8 g fiber; 3 mg sodium; 21 mg calcium; 0.6 mg iron; 77.9 mg vitamin C; 149 mcg beta-carotene; 0.8 mg vitamin E

Recipe from Foods That Fight Pain by Neal Barnard, M.D.; recipe by Jennifer Raymond, M.S., R.D.