Ways To Use Peaches

We’re in peach season and there are lots of ways to use peaches. For health and taste, get them from a farmers market or produce stand. For best flavor, get peaches grown as locally as possible.

Here are some ideas on ways to use peaches…In fruit salad

In smoothies

In pancakes

Peach quick bread or muffins

Peace cobbler

Peace pie

Peach cake

Peach crisp

In chutneys

In jams

Peach ice cream or sorbet

Grilled peaches

Poached peaches

Baked peaches

AND OF COURSE, JUST PLAIN!

Check out 50 ways to use peaches.

This article includes a healthy peach sorbet recipe that I’m interested in trying out.

You can freeze peaches without blanching them. Just wash them, cut into slices, place on a cookie sheet, and put in the freezer until frozen. Then transfer them to a plastic bag and store in the freezer.

Nutritional Benefits of Peaches

Check out the nutrition in peaches, according to a Rutgers article.

https://njaes.rutgers.edu/sshw/message/message.php?p=Health&m=301#:~:text=Nutritional%20breakdown%20of%20peaches&text=It%20provides%206%25%20of%20your,%2C%20manganese%2C%20zinc%20and%20copper.

“One raw medium peach (147 grams) has 50 calories, 0.5 grams of fat, 0 grams of cholesterol and sodium, 15 grams of carbohydrate, 13 grams of sugar, 2 grams of fiber and 1 gram of protein. It provides 6% of your daily vitamin A needs and 15% of daily vitamin C needs. One medium peach also contains 2% or more daily value of vitamins E and K, niacin, folate, iron, choline, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese, zinc and copper.”

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