Dried Fruit - Great for Snacking and for Cooking

Dry fruits..yummy! I love cashews and raisins. I use them in various desserts and sweet dishes and also like to eat them as they are. I don't like any other dry fruit.

Oh, I love dried fruit too. I always have it since my birds eat it too. I buy banana chips for my macaw, she loves them. Sometimes I steal a few from her supply to put in my oatmeal. I also like to put cranberries, rasins, dates, and blueberries in my oatmeal. And my bird shares my oatmeal too...lol I love prunes, I could eat them all day, they don't affect me as they do some people. I love figs, my grandmother used to have them all the time when I was a kid. I like dried apple rings, I love stuffing dates with cream cheese...yumm. One time I took dates and rasins and cooked them with some noodles for the birds...I tasted it and it was pretty good...lol I like to add them to my salads too, cranberries, rasins, apple and blueberries.

Bleck!!! pitttttuuuuueyyyy... I will respond to this only because it's you. But don't invite me to lunch and expect me to eat this stuff. I've tried trail mix stuff with that dried stuff and it's nasty. But I am sure that you have a wonderful recipe that will convince me otherwise. :)

I don't care for dried fruit but buy them once in awhile for my little one's as they are healthy and so when they are looking for something to munch on they can go grab the bag . I find them very expensive to buy though so don't get them very often , would prefer to buy regular fruit that everyone in the household will eat .

I always keep little baggies of dried fruit and nuts in my purse because they are the perfect snack when my blood sugar starts going down. My favorites are raisins, cranberries, blueberries, sweet cherries, turkish figs, and dates.

dried fruit is always good! i highly recommend dried mango or bananas. i wasn't always a fan or dried fruit but ever since my mom bought some from trader joes, i've been hooked.

I enjoy dried apples, pears, and bananas. I received a food dehydrator for Christmas and have done those 3 fruits. I don't add anything to them (some people will dip them in honey first). I think they are sweet enough once you dry them since the natural flavor is enhanced when you take out the water.

i love raisins and dried mangoes so much, i always have for snacks and cooking. i do buy it whenever i have time and store in freezer or in the shelf. aside from dried fruits, i love fruit juices too.

We dry alot of fruit for keeping it through the winter. Easily rehydrated for cobblers etc. Bananas and the others are great dried for snacks, just cannot eat alot since they expand in your stomach. We even dry tomatoes and berries we pick out on the property. Can even make jelly in the middle of the winter if need be. Dry your own it is cheaper than buying it dried.

I have never been one to buy dried fruit but I think I am going to start now. I do like raisins. I am going to try and buy some different kinds every week as my granddaughter is here alot. She would probably like the raisins or craberries like you said. Is there any others that you can eat just like that?

I don't think I've ever used dried fruits in my recipes but I love eating them. I like dried bananas and apples. I also like raisins and cranberries. I sometimes buy the trail mixes that have all those different dried fruits in them like mango and others like that and I love them.

Never done any baking wiht them i always just eat them ...lol I love dried apricots the best then its banana chips . They are so easy to make with a dehydrater and the kids love to help and it is a project they can do easily ... I will have to try the dried cranberries never had them ..I love cranberries ... raisins I don't like ..seems like I always get a stem and I hate that ...lol

I really love the combination of dried fruits and nuts in caramel, or ice cream, ofcourse with some good fresh fruits. I love dates preserved and use then in cakes, with nuts. Belive me, despite the high calorie scare, it tastes heavenly!

i know i love dry fruits too....but arent they loaded in oils?? or something?? i ve read it in many places that they contain a graet amount and carbs .... so i cant really have them evryday...or for that matter...too much!!! moreover there are soo many myths (good onez!) related with dried fruits....1 for example....with cashew nuts...it says that eating cashew nuts sharpens your brain...so they suggest parents to give their kids lots of cashew nuts!! is it true?? hav u heard of them???

My favorite dried fruit is the Philippine dried mango. It taste really very nice and yummy. I just love munching it when watching telly, very good alternative for a snackee thing.Its handy and healty.

I don't eat them much myself but have found dried cranberries to be really good. :)

What I like best about dried fruit is that you can take it with you on the go. You can't do that very easily with regular fruit! I spend a lot of time out in the public in the summer, and I often need to have snacks with me because of this. So dried fruit is definitely one good option, and i'm glad that it exists! Some days it gets boring eating the same old few things that are easy to carry with one when you can't have a meal at home, and I might just have to stock up on some dried fruits for this summer! ^_^

I tend to use dried fruit for snacking on rather than baking with. I like to keep in lots of dried dates, their great to add to my packed lunch and help with my goal of reaching my 5 fruits and veg a day. As well as dates I also like dried cranberries and raisins. Dried apricots are also very good for you, eating just 3 equals 1 of your 5 a day, I don't find them very appetising though.

I really like dried fruit too. I think dried apricots are probably my favorite followed by dried cranberries. I like to use dried cranberiies in a cookie recipe that I have and in a sweetbread recipe too. In fact I'd like to get a food dehydrated so I could have more dried fruit in the house, because it always seems to be really expensive in the grocery store by me.

I love raisins. I also love cranberries and banannas. I love fresh banannas, but they just turn so quickly that I can't keep them in the house that long.