General Info
Guide to When Every Fruit & Vegetable Is in Season
Fruits & Vegetables - Refrigerate or Not
Fruits & Vegetables - Optimal Storage Conditions (large table of info)
Fruits & Vegetables You Shouldn't Peel
Mixed Fruit
Fresh Fruit Salad
Apples
Fried Apples (for topping pancakes, waffles, French toast)
Sweet Cheese Blintzes w/ Apple Butter
Apple-Cinnamon French Toast Casserole
Seared Apples w/ Brandied Cider Syrup
Spiced Apples
Sweet & Sour Red Cabbage w/ Apples
Apple Desserts & Sweets
Winter Fruit Gratin (pears, apples, cranberries, oatmeal topping w/ almonds)
Crusty Apple Pie (galette)
Apple Fritters (baking powder)
Classic Apple Fritters Doughnuts (yeast)
Candied Apples
Cherries
Cherry Soup w/ Dumplings (German)
National Pie Championship Cherry Pie
Black Forest Sauce (black cherry)
*Cherry Topping (for cheesecake, pancakes, ice cream, etc.)
Cherry Cobbler
Coconut
Pineapple, Coconut, & Macadamia Nut Bread
Chocolate Dipped Coconut Shortbread
Emily Dickinson's Cocoanut Cake (similar to pound cake)
Cranberries
Winter Fruit Gratin (pears, apples, cranberries, oatmeal topping w/ almonds)
Currants
Bananas
Sliced Bananas w/ Milk & Honey
Cereal w/ Milk & Bananas
Buttermilk Pancakes (w/ bananas)
Waffles w/ Maple-Glazed Bananas
Crispy, Buttery Banana Bread Pancakes
Banana Sauce for Pancakes (& Waffles!)
Souffléed Banana Pancake w/ Pecans
Banana Bars w/ Cream Cheese Frosting
Nice Cream (banana base)
Very Ripe Bananas
Crispy, Buttery Banana Bread Pancakes
Banana Cake (snacking cake)
Banana Fritters
Blackberries
Blackberry Croissant Breakfast Bake
Blueberries
Blueberry-Watermelon Smoothie (no dairy)
*Maine Blueberry Sauce (for pancakes, waffles, French toast)
Blueberry Cheesecake Breakfast Bake
Blueberry Bread (made w/ sour cream)
Dates
Stuffed Dates Two Ways (goat cheese & blue cheese w/ nuts)
Moroccan Stuffed Dates (almond paste, pistachios)
Tahini Date Shake (like smoothie)
Limes
Mangoes
Melons: Cantalope, Honey Dew, Watermelon
Cantalope or Honey Dew Melon Wedges (breakfast or snack)
Blueberry-Watermelon Smoothie (no dairy)
Watermelon Rind Pickles
Cantalope w/ ice cream
Oranges, Tangerines,
Broiled Orange Slices
Elderberries
Eldeberry Jam
Grapefruit
Grapefruit Marmalade - use Orange Marmalade recipe
Grapes
Kiwi
Lemons
Candied Lemon Rind
Papayas
Peaches
Bellini Bar (several flavors)
Buttermilk Waffles w/ Grilled Fruit & Yogurt
Peach Creme Brulee French Toast
Peach Pie
Peach Fried Pies w/ Cinnamon Crust
Pears
Types of Pears (& their uses by type)
Pear & Vanilla Upside-Down Pancake
Flaugnarde w/ Pears (breakfast or dessert)
*Harvest Salad of Bitter Greens, Caramelized Pears, & Blue Cheese
*Frisee (Endive) Salad with Pears, Blue Cheese, and Port Vinaigrette
Pears w/ Blue Cheese & Prosciutto
Marbleized Root Vegetable Puree
Winter Fruit Gratin (pears, apples, cranberries, oatmeal topping w/ almonds)
Pear Galette
Pressed-Crust Pear Tart ("shortbread" crust)
Fig (or Pear) Frangipane Tart (almond filling)
Rhubarb
Rhubarb Bread (use Cranberry Bread recipe)
*Grandma Radloff's Rhubarb Sauce
Roasted Rhubarb (sauce)
Rhubarb Compote w/ Vanilla Sauce
Rhubarb Crumble Bars (oatmeal)
Rhubarb Custard Pie
Strawberries
Spicy Strawberry-Goat Cheese Crostini
Strawberry Bread (use Cranberry Bread recipe)
Roasted Strawberry Cream Cheese Rolls
*Winter Greens Salad w/ Oranges & Goat Cheese - Spring Variation w/ strawberries
Chocolate-Mascarpone Crepes w/ Strawberry Sauce
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Tamarind
Pineapple
*Pina Coladas (pineapple juice)
Cottage Cheese & Pineapple (sliced)
Ambrosia Fruit Salad (chunks)
1940s Pineapple Nut Bread (crushed w/ juice)
Pineapple, Coconut, & Macadamia Nut Bread (crushed w/ juice)
Pineapple Tapioca Pudding (crushed w/ juice)
*Pineapple Upside-down Cake (sliced)
Pineapple Coconut Upside-Down Cake
Mom's Pineapple Angel Cake
Pineapple Ice Cream Topping
Lemon Pineapple Sherbet (crushed w/ juice)
Pineapple Coconut Sherbet (crushed, drained)
Plums
Pomegranates
Raisins
Raspberries
Raspberry Currant Sauce (for pancakes, waffles, French toast)
Raspberry Turnovers
Raspberry Jam
