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Frozen Fruit Treats
by Julie
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I came across this Frozen Treat Maker gadget, for making Fruit Kebabs,
while looking for Lolly Makers in Lakeland and, as the packaging rightly
says, I thought “What a clever idea!”, freeze fruit. So in true Diet and
fitness Resources style I bought it for a bargain price of £3.95 and took
it home to try it out.
On testing I decided to steer away from citrus fruits as I thought they
would be too high in water content and would just turn out like chunks of
ice. However I had a surprising result from grapes with their high water
content and will be trying citrus fruits in my next batch of frozen fruit
kebabs.
So for now this is what I’ve tested and what I think works best, this is a
great cooling treat and a way to make your lunch last longer, I love it
and will definitely be hogging the freezer at work with some of my frozen
fruit favourites!
APPLE – Wasn’t impressed with this, you might as well have been
sucking an ice cube, very little flavour at all.
BANANA – Yum… if you like bananas this is a great way to make them
last longer.
GRAPES – Icy, but not hard. Almost like a well-frozen ice junky
once you’ve bitten into it. Extremely refreshing.
KIWI – Quite icy, but again not hard and full of tang.
MANGO – Lovely texture, flavour wasn’t brilliant though.
MELON – Although quite ice like, unlike the apple pieces, kept all
its flavour and was again very refreshing.
RASPBERRIES – Come apart in your mouth so you get lots of little
frozen balls full of all that raspberry flavour.
STRAWBERRIES – Surprisingly, rock solid! Nice though if you can
munch away on them, but it’s a bit messy and not something you probably
want to try if you’ve got company.
Other fruity suggestions:
APRICOTS, CHERRIES, PASSION FRUIT, PEACHES, PEARS OR PINEAPPLE
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