Nancyjane: What a great feeling to have a freshly defrosted freezer!

I have several pounds of IQF sour cherries and like to take out a small bowlful, thaw just till warm in microwave and eat as a dessert with just a dollop of whipped cream-not too sweet and the sour cherries are supposed to be full of nutritional goodies.

fruit smoothies - add almond butter, avocado and or milk for added protein and healthy fat. make them thick . top with fresh fruit or granola and eat from a bowl. fruit soup?

So jealous! Are the cherries sweet or sour?

I simply eat bowls of cut up fresh fruit every day for breakfast, and I always have fruit w/ lunch and dinner and snacks as well. I also use my dehydrator for sweet snacks that are, IMO, better than candy.

I do make fruit desserts - mainly fruit crisps and pudding cake - that are not very sugary.

And then there's sorbets and frozen pops.

What about juice or nectars?

Annie - my DH & I have to do an inventory. Still have some of your rhubarb in the deep freeze. Saw your photo from I pinkmountain's wedding. You're looking very fine!!

Not looking forward to the freezer cleansing. I messed up and made so much stock in the late spring. It has been so hot and humid all summer I had no use for stocks. Now with garden produce in abundance I'm having trouble keeping up and finding space for it all. (not a bad situation to be in) but an annoying chore unlike other seasons where stuff comes in very slow...or not at all. (oy)

Thanks, Seagrass, I'm still plugging along, hopefully I'll be able to make a rhubarb pie again some day, because I have a big pile of that in my freezer too. Somewhere under the corn, the aspabroc, and the asparagus. I won't be short of vegetables, that's certain.

Chicken will need some room by the end of the month too, and then I'll be making stock, but I'm canning that. No more freezer room!

Annie