Pineapple Rhubarb Salad With Basil Cream Food

RHUBARB-PINEAPPLE CRISP

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the rhubarb, pineapple, 1/4 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons flour. Transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate coated with cooking spray., In a small bowl, combine the oats, cinnamon, salt and remaining sugar and flour. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over fruit. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until filling is bubbly and topping is golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes; serve with whipped cream if desired.

CREAMY PINEAPPLE SALAD

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving the juice in a small saucepan. Set pineapple aside. Add enough water to juice to make 1-1/3 cups; bring to a boil. Place gelatin in a bowl; add boiling liquid and stir to dissolve. Cool until slightly thickened. In a bowl, whip cream; gradually beat in sugar. Fold into the gelatin mixture. Stir in pineapple and cottage cheese; blend well. Pour into a 1-1/2-qt. serving bowl; chill at least 3 hours or overnight.

PINEAPPLE-RHUBARB 'SALAD' WITH BASIL CREAM

Steps:

• Place a medium sauté pan over high heat. Melt sugar, and add rhubarb. Sauté rhubarb for about 30 seconds, then reduce heat to low. Cover, and cook until rhubarb is softened but still firm, 2 to 3 more minutes. Transfer rhubarb to a mixing bowl, and add pineapple. Set aside, or cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours; bring to room temperature before serving.
• Set aside a bowl of ice water. Bring a small pan of water to a boil, and add basil leaves. Blanch leaves for 30 seconds, then transfer leaves to ice water to stop the cooking. In a blender, combine ice cream and basil leaves. Purée until mixture is smoothly blended. If necessary, freeze until mixture is thick but can still be poured from a spoon.
• To serve, divide fruit mixture equally among four 1/2-cup serving dishes. Top each with a spoonful of basil-ice cream mixture, and serve immediately.

TROPICAL SALAD WITH PINEAPPLE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain, crumble, and set aside.
• Combine pineapple juice, red wine vinegar, oil, pepper and salt in a lidded jar or cruet. Cover and shake well.
• Toss lettuce, pineapple, macadamia nuts, green onions and bacon together in a large bowl. Pour dressing over salad and toss to coat. Garnish with toasted coconut.

COCONUT-PINEAPPLE RHUBARB BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large saucepan, combine rhubarb, pineapple, brown sugar, 1 tablespoon water and lemon juice; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until rhubarb is tender, 4-5 minutes., In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and remaining water until smooth; stir into rhubarb mixture. Return to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat; if desired, stir in extract., In a large bowl, mix oats, flour, coconut, brown sugar and salt; stir in melted butter until crumbly. Press 3 cups crumb mixture onto bottom of a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Spread with rhubarb mixture. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture., Bake until golden brown, 40-45 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

RHUBARB PINEAPPLE PIE....DIFFERENT AND DELICIOUS!

Steps:

• In large bowl measure 1st amount of sugar and flour, stir.
• Add rhubarb and pineapple, stir.
• Pour fruit mixture into unbaked pie shell.
• Moisten pastry rim and cover with top crust.
• Cut slits in top crust to let steam escape.
• Sprinkle with remaining sugar.
• Bake in 350° oven on bottom rack for 50- 60 minutes until browned and rhubarb is cooked.

PINEAPPLE SALAD

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Cut slices in half; set aside. In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the oil, honey, vinegar, soy sauce and reserved pineapple juice; shake well. , Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Combine the romaine, onion slices and pineapple slices in a serving dish. Drizzle with dressing; toss to coat.

APPLE PINEAPPLE SALAD

Steps:

• Drain pineapple juice into a saucepan. Add margarine and lemon juice; cook over medium heat until margarine is melted. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into juice mixture. Bring to a boil; boil and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat; add sweetener. Cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. In a large bowl, combine pineapple, apples, grapes and poppy seeds. Add the dressing; toss to coat Cover and chill for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, gently toss in pecans.

PINEAPPLE WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Peel and core pineapple. Cut pineapple decoratively into bite-size pieces. In a large bowl gently toss pineapple with sugar, lemon juice, and chopped basil. Serve pineapple garnished with basil sprigs. each serving about 61 calories and 1.5 grams fat

STEWED RHUBARB WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• If your fruit is sweet you may need no sugar, or less sugar. Try to use as little as possible, depending on how sweet your fruit is.
• Mix together the rhubarb and pineapple chunks and sprinkle with sugar (if using). Let sit at least one hour to overnight, to allow juices from the fruit to collect. (Sugar helps to make more juices, so if the fruit isn't very sweet, you will need sugar to get the juices to come out of the fruit.).
• Cook over medium heat until sugar disappears and rhubarb has softened (about 15 minutes or so).
• Allow to cool.
• Eat with yogurt, ice cream, whipped topping, toast, oatmeal, or by itself. Yum!

PINEAPPLE-RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Press one of the pie crusts into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch pie plate. Refrigerate the other crust until needed.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, orange zest and salt. Combine the rhubarb and pineapple; stir into the dry ingredients until evenly blended. Pour into the prepared pie crust. Place the remaining crust on top and crimp the edges to seal in the filling. Cut a few holes in the top pastry to vent steam.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the crust is golden brown and rhubarb is tender when pierced with a fork, 45 to 50 minutes.