Refreshing Frozen Fruit Recipes

It’s a lovely sunny day and you want to be outside enjoying the sun but you are getting far too warm. You need a cool, refreshing drink but no way do you want to spend too much time in your kitchen. Frozen fruit to the rescue!

In the summer you need to find ways to stay cool, but it’s even more ideal if you can stay healthy too. Perfect for smoothies, iced fruit juice drinks, salsas or snacks, frozen fruit is great to use and it is equally as nutritious as fresh fruit. Frozen fruit is 100% natural and a great food to have at hand in the summer, or winter really.

You can freeze your own fruit or buy it ready frozen and in lots of varieties. The goodness is frozen in, waiting for you to enjoy while you stay healthy. There aren’t many calories or carbohydrates in most types of fruit so great for dieting too.

As frozen fruit has already been peeled, chopped, diced, chopped and washed it’s simple to prepare and serve, ready to eat really. Healthy eating with frozen fruit doesn’t need to be expensive, the price is comparable to fresh fruit, even good value depending upon the time of year.

Try this delicious, colorful Mango Salsa for a savory-sweet twist on summer grilling:

Mango Salsa

Prep Time: 15 minutes, Chill Time: 30 minutes

Makes 3/4 cups

2 cups Fresh Frozen Mango Chunks, partially thawed

1/2 cup finely chopped Dole Red Bell Pepper

1/4 cup finely chopped Dole Green Bell Pepper

1 tablespoon chopped Dole Green Onion

2 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro or parsley

2 teaspoons chopped jalapeño chiles

1 teaspoon grated lime peel

Combine mango chunks, bell peppers, onion, cilantro, chiles and lime peel in small bowl. Serve salsa at room temperature or slightly chilled. Serve over grilled chicken breasts or fish fillets. This delicious and colorful mango salsa can also be served as a dip with tortilla chips, spooned over quesadillas or tacos.

Nutrition Information Per Serving: 31 calories; 0g fat (0g sat.); 0mg cholesterol; 2mg sodium; 8g carbohydrate (1g dietary fiber, 7g sugars); 0g protein; 13% Vit A; 56% Vit C; 1% calcium; 1% iron; 3% potassium; 2% folate.

Refreshing Summer Treats

Hold on the ice and enjoy the juicy, sweet, refreshing fruits of summer!

Tropical Breeze

Get out the blender and combine low-fat vanilla frozen yogurt, Dole® Fresh Frozen Tropical Gold; Pineapple and Dole 100% fruit juice. Pour into a dessert dish for a pineapple soft serve.

Frozen And Fresh Raspberry Shmooze

2 cups Frozen Raspberries

1 Mango

2 Kiwifruit

2 large Oranges

Extract the juice from the fresh fruits except for 4 slices of Kiwi. Blend in the frozen raspberries. Pour into 4 glasses and slit halfway across each slice of kiwi fruit and slide into top of glass for garnish.

Fruity Finale

Add frozen fruit as a topping for frozen yogurt, sherbet or light ice cream. You can also make light delicious sorbets with it. Be adventurous and you can create lots of different refreshing and healthy summer treats using frozen or fresh fruit.