Top Tips

• Fruit Tips
• When choosing the fruit part of your 5-a-Day intake, choose mostly whole or cut-up fruit rather than fruit juice to benefit from the additional dietary fibre.
• Cook, portion and freeze stewed fruit, and defrost in time to serve with yoghurt for a yummy fruit-packed breakfast.
• Create fruit chips by thinly slicing strawberries, apples, kiwifruit or oranges, place on a baking tray lined with baking paper, lightly dust with icing sugar and bake overnight at 60⁰C. Serve as a snack with a yoghurt dip or as a beautiful topping for desserts.
• Fruit is not reserved for desserts and snacks alone but can also add something special to savoury dishes. Try adding pineapple pieces to a pork stir-fry, dried mango and apricots to a lamb tagine and raisins to a curry.
• Blend fruit into a smoothie by whizzing up a banana with some frozen mixed berries and a dollop of Yoghurt. There are so many variations – be creative. Serve as breakfast or an energising drink during the day.
• Toss raisins into baked goods, yogurt or oatmeal - simple.
• Don’t forget that apples and other whole fruits are a quick snack and easy to pack in lunches.
• Serve sliced and chilled fruit (mango, watermelon, melon, berries) for dessert alone or together with a sorbet.
• Use fruit as a garnish for your dinner dishes and add chopped up fruit to jelly for a healthier dessert.
• Add a handful of fresh or frozen berries to your glass of fresh or 100% pure unsweetened fruit juice - mix in a blender with an ice cube or two.
• Add fresh fruit to your salads - oranges, grapes, kiwi and avocado are naturals!
• Use apple sauce as a dip for other cut up fruit.