Freeze-dried fruit snacks can be such a great buy. They tend to be easy to store, discreet, healthy, and oh-so-delicious. What's more is that freeze-dried fruits are usually very nutrient-dense since ...

Dried fruits are hailed by many as a quick and healthy bite for this "on-the-go" world. But hidden sugars and high prices are less than ideal. So we tried our hand at making healthy dried fruits at ...

As spring arrives, there are so many good reasons for food lovers everywhere to rejoice. Yet, often, the last thing you want to do when the days are suddenly longer, brighter and warmer is to spend ...

Alchemists have tried for centuries to transform base metals into gold -- unsuccessfully, at least as far as we know. But it’s a lovely concept: Take the common and uninspiring -- lead, copper, prunes ...

The quality of the compote directly depends on the choice of dried fruits. The classic combination includes a mixture of dried apricots, apples, pears and prunes — it is the pears that give the drink ...

My first memorable experience with fruit in a savory dish was my mother's chicken curry. She served it with bowls of diced bananas, pineapple, raisins, mango chutney and segments of orange for ...

Above: On my counter, a veritable cornucopia of fresh fruit waits to be dried. So...what is the skinny on the nutritional value of dried fruit? Dried fruits retain much of their essential vitamins and ...