Fruity Advice!

[Edevon]

Hi Guys,
After a beautiful 70 days of Raw i have been away for a while (a few months! :eek:) and quite frankly fell off the wagon - HARD! My body misses it as does my taste buds. I had planned on building myself back up gradually but have an opportunity to buy some fruits & veg wholesale and think this may be my time to plunge right in!
I want to have smoothies for the majority of my day with one chewable meal (either lunch or dinner).

My questions are these: 1. Due to the quantity i will have to purchase i obviously don't want them to spoil. Can i safely peel & freeze oranges for smoothies? How about apples or pineapple? Will they turn/taste funny from the cold?

2. Will too much of the above fruit be problematic for me? (too much citrus, etc)

Your answers are greatly anticipated and welcomed.

[freshlight]

Frozen stuff doesn't taste as good as the fresh fruit to me. Too much? There are so many other things,-just keep it balanced and enjoy :)

[Veronica01]

i buy frozen pineapple, mango and strawberries at the store all the time for smoothies. I don't know about oranges. I freeze my own bananas too

[Veganforlife]

The oranges you could juice and freeze the juice maybe?

[gs4life]

you can def freeze pineapple.
i would blend up your apples to make applesauce and then freeze.
i've never frozen oranges--but freezing the juice sounds like a good idea as veganforlife says.

be sure to thoroughly rinse your mouth after eating citrus. a few months back i was eating upwards of half of my calories from oranges and clementines. unfortunately i wasn't thinking about my teeth and i didn't rinse with water after eating and would sometimes draw out my meals--meaning my teeth were covered in citrus for too much time. needless to say, i now have notches in 3 teeth right near the gumline. but as long as you take care of your teeth i can't see any reason that there would be a problem eating lots of citrus, etc.

welcome back to raw!

[juliew]

Freezing is not bad, but I recently read that freezing destorys like 60% of enzymes. I was curious about that, so I thought I'd share!
Julie

[Edevon]

Thanks Guys! I will keep all of this in mind