Hello and welcome to this thing we’re doing where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and we’ll talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and which things have changed us irreversibly as people. Last week, we made some boozy and not boozy summer drinks.
I. Love. Fruit. It’s nature’s candy, after all! It’s good for you, refreshing, and also super versatile. You can grill it, bake it, make frozen things with it, mash it up into other things – you get the idea. If you, too, dream of a world where fruit is less of a decorative item in a basket and more of the main event, get ready to put some of these recipes into your mouth immediately.
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Yum to all of those !
I’m crazy about fruit too. I can’t poop without it, and I’m miserable when I don’t poop, so eating tons of fruit is what keeps me happy -mostly.
However, fruit that had seen any form of transformation was not allowed to be called fruit in my parents’ house. Apple was a fruit, apple pie was a desert.
In the summer I think a fun, healthy way of getting more fruit is just to make a huge fruit salad – this week’s top choice for me is strawberries, nectarines and peaches – with some basil and lemon juice. Eat that anywhere, anytime!
Retrospectively, I think this comment sounds a bit too much like something Gwyneth Paltrow would write.
Guys, do I sound like Gwyneth Paltrow ? Help.
I dunno, you sound like a Chloe to me. And your Huge Fruit Salad sounds scrumptious. So there.
All of these should be illegal, holy crap. The spring rolls, the brown sugar apples, the panna cotta, I’m drooling.
Those Spring rolls look perfect for my goodbye potluck in the park on Saturday!
TWO WEEKS UNTIL MPLS [car emoji]-> DENVER!
Okay so I am WAY EXCITED about all these fruit recipes, but damn if that Raspberry Fool recipe doesn’t have the weirdest, most uncomfortable intro I have ever read:
“Her: “Oh mom, this is really, really good.” Smiles and licks and more creamy swirled spoonfuls into her rosebud shaped mouth”
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? WHY IS IT HAPPENING? I JUST WANT THE DAMN RECIPE.
Okay, That is disturbing.
@jajs It’s like she is practicing fanfic but in a recipe and describing her daughter.. awkward.
#stepawayfromthesmuttyfanfic
I basically screamed about every recipe while reading this. Definitely going to be trying some of these out!!!
Okay honestly? Nothing gets me more pumped than seeing a recipe post on Autostraddle.
I’m aaaaall about fruit, but somehow I easily forget about them? Shame. I will have to try these recipes out someday. Thank you for sharing!
@dante I also forget about fruit even though it’s THE best. For some reason the recipe posts here seem tastier than the ones not shown to me by autostraddle :)
@beefriend22 Heya, I know this is late but I was out for a week and like…I don’t like leaving responses un-responded. Haha.
Yes fruit IS the best. And I completely agree with you. These are some quality recipe posts.
I really like fruit but I am too lazy to peel it
Amazing! <3
I read this (great!) list yesterday and have been wondering about the German part in the German Pancake Bites ever since.
I want to try so many of these right this momentttttt
super lemon haze
I want more.