Freeze dried fruit??

[Bella*Raw]

Hi
I was at Trader Joe's today and i saw some freeze dried fruit. They had freeze dried pineapple and mangoes a few others. The only ingredient listed was whatever fruit was in the bag. I was sure if these are still considered raw? any help would be great!
Thanks
Tiffany

[StarFire]

Yep... in fact lots of raw foodies freeze bananas, mangos etc...!!! STILL RAW!!! :D And so fabulously easy to use! just throw them into your fp and mix it up until it resemembles ice cream... and wa~laaaa.... raw ice cream!

if it needs a little sweetner - agave works great and a dash of vanilla ...

make a quick crust of any kind of nuts with a few dates -- throw that in your fp -- grind it up ... press it into a pie plate....

then make the frozen raw ice cream... pour that into the pie plate on top of the crust... and again wa~laaaa... ice cream pie!!!! :eek: :D

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/cheer1.gif

[rawgreenyogini]

StarFire,

I think Bella*Raw is talking about FREEZE-DRIED not FROZEN which could be confusing, but wouldn't come out at all like Raw frozen ice cream.

The freeze-dried foods are, well, dried... like they have been in the dehydrator. I'm not sure of the method of freeze-drying.... I have probably the same items as you got...from Trader Joe's. I would recommend rehydrating them in a little bit of water, just enough to bring them back to life. Then use them as you would a thawed frozen fruit.






Yep... in fact lots of raw foodies freeze bananas, mangos etc...!!! STILL RAW!!! :D And so fabulously easy to use! just throw them into your fp and mix it up until it resemembles ice cream... and wa~laaaa.... raw ice cream!

if it needs a little sweetner - agave works great and a dash of vanilla ...

make a quick crust of any kind of nuts with a few dates -- throw that in your fp -- grind it up ... press it into a pie plate....

then make the frozen raw ice cream... pour that into the pie plate on top of the crust... and again wa~laaaa... ice cream pie!!!! :eek: :D

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/cheer1.gif

[Eva]

I got those a little while ago, thought it was too good to be true. They were so sweet and different, but they made me feel like I was back to my former life where food didn't make me feel good. I can't tell you for sure, but I really don't think they're raw...

:::::::::Of course, ducking for the tomatoes:::::::::::

[StarFire]

I got those a little while ago, thought it was too good to be true. They were so sweet and different, but they made me feel like I was back to my former life where food didn't make me feel good. I can't tell you for sure, but I really don't think they're raw...

:::::::::Of course, ducking for the tomatoes:::::::::::


:eek: .... waaaat??? http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/tomato.gif ...http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/gen121.gif ... What tomato???

[StarFire]

StarFire,

I think Bella*Raw is talking about FREEZE-DRIED not FROZEN which could be confusing, but wouldn't come out at all like Raw frozen ice cream.

The freeze-dried foods are, well, dried... like they have been in the dehydrator. I'm not sure of the method of freeze-drying.....


really http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/1422.gif ??? Yuck - that's just weird ... why not just buy frozen fruit? or better yet... just freeze you own?? http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/Huh1.gif ...

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/freezinsmile1.gif

[StarFire]

wait... I don't get it... :confused: WHY would you freeze fruit if it's already been dried http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/eek7.gif ?? what's the point??

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/whacky007.gif

[rawstrength]

Freeze-drying is basically removing frozen water from a food. It's like dehydrating, but it happens when the food is frozen. I think freeze-dried food counts as raw food.
Here's a website about freeze-drying
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/freeze-drying1.htm
Here's a website that sells freeze-dried food
www.justtomatoes.com

[rawgreenyogini]

wait... I don't get it... :confused: WHY would you freeze fruit if it's already been dried http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/eek7.gif ?? what's the point??

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/whacky007.gif

Me thinks Star is really confused.

Ok. So freeze-dried looks like dehydrated fruit....but instead of the fruit feeling like leather when it comes out, this sort of has a popcorn feel. Very light and airy. Kinda like the dog and cat treats that are salmon and in cubes, really light weight.....have you seen those Star????

I would think that she bought them because Trader Joe's has a lot of tropical fruit that is freeze-dried that some of us here in the states would never be able to get.

Here is and explanation of the freeze drying method (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeze_drying).

[Bella*Raw]

Thanks for all the responses, yeah the freeze-dried fruit is light and airy like Leah said. I'll probably just stick with maybe something like making fruit leathers. I just saw that and thought it was interesting. :)
StarFire-I can't wait to try making an raw ice cream pie that sounds heavenly! I'm so excited to start creating some of these delicious looking raw recipes!!

--Tiffany--

[sport]

I read the info on the link provided in the previous post and it makes sense to me that freeze drying is better than deydrating as the temperature applied is much lower.
I think that it would be raw provided that it is not blanched before freezing but most food is blanched.

[rawgreenyogini]

I read the info on the link provided in the previous post and it makes sense to me that freeze drying is better than deydrating as the temperature applied is much lower.
I think that it would be raw provided that it is not blanched before freezing but most food is blanched.

But you did not read that they have to apply heat first and then the freezing method can begin.