At any time of the year, you can enjoy recipes using fruit for a wonderful flavor and to add important nutrients, too. Now as winter begins, there are still many options from the fall apple harvest, dried fruits, fresh citrus, and more. Here is a list of which fruits and vegetables are in season in winter from the Produce for Better Health Foundation.
Winter Fruit Recipes
We still have plenty of apples from the fall: gala, honey crisp, Granny Smith – so delicious for Rosh Hashanah and Thanksgiving recipes plus everyday snacking and lunches. Here is another way to enjoy fresh apples, plus dried apricots and raisins or sultanas:
This rocket and melon salad is light and flavorful, and elegant for a brunch or dinner appetizer. It features cantaloupe and pomegranate, but I think ripe honeydew or canary melon would be terrific in it also.
Panettone is a holiday favorite, so it’s great to see a gluten-free recipe – filled with dried cranberries, blueberries, apricots, glace cherries, and citrus zest with plenty of phytonutrients and fiber (note: this recipe contains egg).
I used the love the chocolate oranges with the sections: such a great taste combo. Check out this cheesecake made with tofu and coconut milk, plus fresh orange zest, orange juice, and even some candied peel for garnish. The nut-based crust will bring out the chocolate flavor even more:
More Recipes You May Enjoy
What is #CookBlogShare?
CookBlogShare is a community for food bloggers to share recipes and foodie posts and generally support the food blogging community. The community is centered around the #CookBlogShare linky.
It is a wonderful way for a wide range of food writers, recipe creators, and bloggers to come together and share each other’s recipes.
The linky is now hosted regularly by Sisley from Sew White & Chloe from Feast Glorious Feast. New members are always welcome to join so make sure you invite your other food blogger friends!
The last linky was hosted by MIdge at Peachick’s Bakery who put together a collection of Recipes to Get Kids in the Kitchen.
Each week the host chooses a selection of recipes that have been submitted during the previous week to showcase. This week I’ve focused on Winter Fruit Recipes.
How to Take Part in this Week’s #CookBlogShare
Bloggers
Scroll down to the linky widget and add your links. Make sure to read the rules so we can all share the love!
I’ll be commenting and sharing as many of the links as possible. They’ll also be pinned to the #CookBlogShare group Pinterest board.
Use the same hashtag #CookBlogShare on Instagram and social media and you can post your recipes in the CookBlogShare Facebook group.
Readers
Scroll down to see what recipes have been linked up so far this week. Have a read and let us know what you think. Feel free to help share the love by sharing the recipes far and wide! You can also follow the #CookBlogShare hashtags on Twitter and Instagram to discover new and wonderful recipes.
The Rules
You can link up any recipe or foodie posts you have. Both old and new posts are welcome as long as they have not been linked to #CookBlogShare before. There is no set theme but it is always sensible to think about upcoming seasons and holidays.
It is usually beneficial to link up towards the beginning of the week for maximum benefit to you.
You can link up to a maximum of 4 posts per linky.
Required – Add a link from your post(s) back to the host’s post. E.g. “I have linked this recipe to #CookBlogShare run by Sisley & Chloe which was hosted by Melissa at www.melissatraub.com“.
Required – For each recipe that you link up, choose at least 2 of the other recipes which have been linked that week, go to the blog post and leave a 5* rating & lovely positive comment. You might want to come back later in the week when more posts have been linked up – but don’t forget!
Required – Please also comment on at least one post from that week’s host (me – It’s the third one, vegan stuffed mushrooms) or another recipe on my site. My linked post will be marked “HOST” in the title. (Please don’t leave a comment on this linky post).
Optional – Add the below linky badge to your linked-up post. Copy/paste the html in the below box into your post editor or a custom html block to display the badge:
The next linky will be hosted by Sisley at www.sewwhite.com
Bonus – There is no set requirement but there are several other ways that you can help share the love with the other members linking up. These can include:
- Pinning the recipe
- Sharing or scheduling a share to your Facebook page
- Sharing or scheduling a share to your Twitter Feed
- Saving the post to other sites like Yummly
- Hitting the heart icon in the bottom left corner if the blogger is using Grow.Me or Slicksteam.
Please note that by joining in, you are giving the #CookBlogShare hosts permission to use your pictures in a roundup and on social media if your recipe is selected as one of our favorites!
OTHER WAYS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY
- Follow #CookBlogShare on Instagram and like/comment on linked up posts.
- Follow #CookBlogShare on Twitter and like/retweet linked up tweets.
- Keep up with the Facebook Group for roundup recipe requests and other shouts for help.
- And do all these things yourself too!
- Get involved with the Facebook Group. Ask questions, answer questions, share successes and generally be part of the awesome community!
This Week’s #CookBlogShare Linky:
Thank you for hosting and thank you so much for including my gluten free Traditional Panettone xx