Ideas for Pineapple Chunks?

WendyTerry420

We made Hawaiian pizza last night, and I have half a can of pineapple chunks leftover. Anyone have any recipes or ideas. (Other than just grabbing a fork and eating them plain)

kstrunk1

I'm all about "grabbing a fork and eating them plain!" if you like making your own stir-fries, put the rest in a chicken stir-fry ... yum!

janet0513

I am making an awesome salad based on my favorite wrap:


salad: lettuce, toasted unsweetened coconut, pineapple chunlks, bacon bits, rotisserie chicken, hot pepper jelly

The original wrap is coconut chicken (you could use shrimp), sweet and sour sauce, bacon, pineapple, lettuce


I am addicted to that wrap


I love pineapple with cottage cheese or plain yogurt
You could do a sweet and sour chicken or a little pineapple upside down cake.

jeme3

I like 'em with cottage cheese for breakfast.

cailinlowe

soak them in rum.

wendyapple

i mix fresh pineapple with greek yogurt for breakfast. it's also really good blended with a banana, some OJ and ice as a smoothie.

AllenWins

I'm in the "just grab a fork" camp! Just pineapple by itself is delicious

LuckyLeprechaun

excellent on skewers as a part of a delicious kabob

booboo68

Put in a grilled chicken salad and pack for a yummy lunch for work.

didifournierblais

I do a fruit salad with kiwis, strawberries, litchees and cherries (or whatever I have as fruit). Just rinse any canned fruit in clear water before adding them.

deanotoot

throw them in with pork medallions and fry them up.

smh1067

I second the cabobs - chicken, pineapple, and onion cabobs! Delicious marinated in equal parts lemon juice, olive oil, and soy sauce with some minced garlic (powder works too if that's what you use) and served over a little brown rice or in a pita or tortilla. Yum, yum.

marvybells

i mix fresh pineapple with greek yogurt for breakfast. it's also really good blended with a banana, some OJ and ice as a smoothie.

nice! bump

WendyTerry420

Some great ideas! Keep 'em coming!

annascrapper

Great Ideas...Thanks All!!!!

hereisgone125

I dice pineapple chunks and add them (and the juice) to coconut flavored yogurt, and then use that as a dipping sauce for shrimp. Coconut shrimp, without the breading.

TrishLG

Crazy as it sounds, save one chunk and rub it on your face, let it dry, then shower.
You will be amazed at how it tightens and smooths skin.
Seeing is believing.
Know how when you cut a fresh pineapple your fingers become slick.

MorgueBabe

Eat it plain
Put it in a protein or plain shake.
Make the pineapple part of this recipe - http://recipes.menshealth.com/Recipe/walk-the-plank-salmon-with-grilled-pineapple-and-asparagus.aspx (edit to ad I made this a few ago; didn't use the cedar plank just baked in oven, and did the pineapples in a pan on medium heat, then my boyfriend deglazed the pan for me)
Hawaiian chicken. (Bake chicken with pineapples, apple cider vinegar, broth, and some flour to thicken it up) serve over rice (or not if you care about carbs)

TheDarlingOne

could always go for pineapple cobbler

put oven on 325 - and but butter in a casserole dish and let it melt in the oven while it preheats (now the "natural" receipt calls for 1 stick of butter lol - i never use this much - basically it's for flavoring to help the breaddy part get golden looking)

While oven pre-heats:
1 cup of flour
1 cup of milk (i enjoy silk milk vanilla flavor)
1 cup of splenda (or sweetner of your choice)
dash of vanilla extract and cinnamon

Wisk it all together.

Pull casserole dish out of oven when butter is melted up - give mixture above another good wisking, and pour it into the center of the dish ontop of the melted butter.

Then, take your pineapple chunks - and plop it over top of the mixture in various areas - bake the dish for about....45min(I work with an electrical oven so of course you just have to keep an eye on it) and enjoy!

Contrarian

Pina colodas.

mercurymads

breakfast! over greek yogurt with flax seed and dash of dried tarragon

deltayork

Love pineapple chunks over cottage cheese!

CharisSunny

Jamaican inspired pineapple chicken with green peppers, yum!

KeepGoingRhonda

With cottage cheese for a snack!

kali31337

soak them in rum.

they all sound good but this is my favorite idea!!

justal313

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spiced-plantains-and-pineapple/

recipe makes 4 servings
2 ripe plantains (yellow and black skin), peeled and cut into 1 inch rounds
1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice, drained, juice reserved
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions

Heat a large skillet over medium heat and coat with cooking spray. Arrange plantain slices in a single layer. Season with half of the cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Cook until golden brown on the bottom, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn over the plantain slices and pour in the pineapple and a small amount of the juice. Sprinkle the remaining spices over the top and continue to cook until browned on the bottom, about another 3 minutes.

msteresao

bump

MrGonzo05

I'm all about "grabbing a fork and eating them plain!" if you like making your own stir-fries, put the rest in a chicken stir-fry ... yum!

This is the correct answer.

cailinlowe

soak them in rum.

and then just eat them with a fork :]

MorgueBabe

I hope she tells what she did with them.

dakotawitch

This is my favorite use for canned pineapple chunks: http://www.minuterice.com/en-us/recipes/3568/PineappleDragonStirFry.aspx

The recipe calls for a whole can, but you don't really need to use the whole can.

We sub out the chicken for tofu (since my partner is vegetarian and I limit my meat), which cuts the fat and cholesterol. But lean pork or skinless boneless chicken are also good choices. You can ditch the rice, or switch it out for brown rice, if you want to cut the carbs/refined carbs as well. If you choose tofu, coat it lightly in about 1 Tbsp of cornstarch and lightly "fry" it til it's brown -- we like that better than just plain tofu in this dish.

Enjoy!