Fruit Side Recipes

Autumn Pear Sauce served with pork chops and baked beans.

BONNIE’S AUTUMN PEAR SAUCE

I was cooking pork chops for dinner and this idea popped into my head that ...

Cranberry sauce in a serving dish with more cranberries in the background.

Citrus Cranberry Sauce

This is a traditional Thanksgiving dish with a twist plus has much less sugar than ...

Harvest Fruit Salad with a spoon to serve.

Harvest Fruit Salad

I came up with this salad when I was asked to bring a fruit salad ...

Simple Fried Plantains

There's a restaurant in Wisconsin called The Great Dane and they serve a wonderful Cuban ...

Watermelon Wedge

A local restaurant, The Fed of Clarkston had a watermelon salad in 2018. It was ...

Jennifer's Escalloped Pineapples

My niece introduced our family to this dish one Christmas. It has become a family ...

Here's a fresh pineapple one day after purchase.  Still firm and green!  Set out to ripen at room temperature.  Sunny location not necessary.

Fresh Pineapple 101

I am always amazed when I hear an otherwise knowledgeable food professional state that the ...

Fresh Cranberry Sauce with a twist.

Gail's Fresh Cranberry Sauce

The pears add a nice texture and sweetness to this cranberry sauce. Typically people who ...

This gorgeous mold is perfect for your Thanksgiving holiday meals.

Cranberry Jello Salad

This Cranberry Jello Salad combines simmered cranberries, crisp apples, pears and buttery sweet pecans in ...

Roasted Butternut Squash & Apples

Fun Fact: Butternut squash is a natural antioxidant and is great for skin health and ...

Hawaiian Honey Grilled Pineapple

Honey Grilled Pineapple

This is a perfectly easy side dish or light dessert for your backyard barbecue or ...

Sunshine in a bowl with a sprig of mint.

Sunshine in a Bowl

I came up with this when my sister was pregnant with her first child. She ...

This is my favorite cranberry sauce recipe.  My sister, who doesn't like cranberries asked for the recipe.  When I've taken it to Thanksgiving dinners, there is never any left over!

Cranberry Sauce Extraordinaire

This is my favorite cranberry recipe. Frequently there are no leftovers, but if there ...

A bowl of apple almond rice.

Apple Almond Rice

An easy side dish that goes with anything and will fill stomachs on a cold ...

Creamy Fruit Salad

This goes with a barbecue meal as well as a holiday meal. It's easy to ...

Lemon Curd

Lemon Curd

This homemade lemon curd recipe is quick, easy to make and it tastes delicious. It’s ...

Fried plantains on a plate.

Fried Plantains

Plantains look like bananas and are in the banana family, but they must be cooked ...

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Southern Fried Apples (Cracker Barrel Style)

If you love fried apples just like the ones at Cracker Barrel, you've hit the ...

Yeast Waffle With Fresh Strawberry Rum Syrup

Waffles were so new to me and I was not into waffles and pancakes until ...

Grilled Stone Fruit

I just love stone fruits such as peaches or nectarines, apricots, and plums. When ...

Delicious arugula and spinach salad with goat cheese, cherries and pistachios

Cherry, Goat Cheese and Pistachio Arugula Salad

The dried cherries, goat cheese and pistachios take an ordinary salad over the top. ...

Coconut Mango Pudding

A delicious treat. Hubby's favorite pudding!

CRANBERRY SPICE CHUTNEY IN THE CROCK POT

Delicious and Easy. Wonderful flavor with the combination of cinnamon stick and cloves

~ Cran/Apple Sauce ~

I like experimenting each year with a new cranberry sauce, and this delicious sauce won ...

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