Papaya

taurusgb

Apart from just eating it straight out of the bag as a snack....what else do you do with dried chunky papaya pieces (and pineapple come to that) that you can buy from health food shops?

Heth_2

I make a cake with dried pinapple and glace cherries in them.
And my husband loves eating them as snacks.

catznine

I add them to hm muesli sometimes as a special treat. I suppose you could add them to muesli cookies as well.

code^express

ooh..... I love papaya .. It got to be fresh papaya though. Do you know that fresh papaya is good for your health :- It helps to reduce or even get rid of pimples (my whole family has been eating papaya from young & non of us ever have pimples) and pus.

In case some of you don't know & no offends - papaya is also call pawpaw. Papaya can be as big as 12" long or maybe longer whereby pawpaw is about half the size or smaller.

Queenie

taurusgb wrote:

Apart from just eating it straight out of the bag as a snack....what else do you do with dried chunky papaya pieces (and pineapple come to that) that you can buy from health food shops?

Firstly, instead of saying to yourself dried "papaya" or "pineapple" simply think: dried fruit!!

Anything you can make/use dried fruit with/for you can sub with papaya.

I've used them in flapjacks, everyday biscuits (chopped first), cakes and even in the BM as a sub for sultana's so, instead of sultana and cinnamon loaf, I made papaya and mixed spice :laugh:

Chopped up and put in the porridge; added to HM Muesli; made into 'kebabs' for the lunchbox with cheese and cherry toms on cocktail sticks (also great at parties if the sticks are displayed as a hedgehog).

Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but I've even used the pineapple in HM burgers. My mother used to make Hawaiian Burgers: burgers topped with cheese and a pineapple ring. Promised the family Hawaiian burgers but didn't have any fresh or tinned pineapple only the dried chunks. So, I chopped it up in the processor (not too much or it goes to mush!), added it to the minced pork, onion and breadcrumbs to make the burgers, served with a slice of cheese and they were a hit!!

Just think dried fruit and let your imagination and a basic recipe do the rest

ladygrey_2

also nice added to stir frys and sweet and sour recipes

apple_mint

Add them to a muffin mix .... sadly I'm not allowed muffins. I like them too much ... but my waist and b*m don't.