Ideas for Pineapple Chunks?

WendyTerry420
WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
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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)
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  • kstrunk1
    kstrunk1 Posts: 462 Member
    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
    janet0513 Posts: 564 Member
    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
    jeme3 Posts: 355 Member
    I like 'em with cottage cheese for breakfast.
  • cailinlowe
    cailinlowe Posts: 161 Member
    soak them in rum.
  • wendyapple
    wendyapple Posts: 323 Member
    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
    AllenWins Posts: 16
    I'm in the "just grab a fork" camp! Just pineapple by itself is delicious :love:
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    excellent on skewers as a part of a delicious kabob :)
  • booboo68
    booboo68 Posts: 302 Member
    Put in a grilled chicken salad and pack for a yummy lunch for work.
  • didifournierblais
    didifournierblais Posts: 18 Member
    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
    deanotoot Posts: 28 Member
    throw them in with pork medallions and fry them up.
  • smh1067
    smh1067 Posts: 45 Member
    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
    marvybells Posts: 1,984 Member
    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
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Some great ideas! Keep 'em coming!
  • annascrapper
    annascrapper Posts: 132 Member
    Great Ideas...Thanks All!!!!
  • hereisgone125
    hereisgone125 Posts: 79 Member
    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
    TrishLG Posts: 173 Member
    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
    MorgueBabe Posts: 1,188 Member
    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
    TheDarlingOne Posts: 255 Member
    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
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Pina colodas.
  • mercurymads
    mercurymads Posts: 11 Member
    breakfast! over greek yogurt with flax seed and dash of dried tarragon
  • deltayork
    deltayork Posts: 71 Member
    Love pineapple chunks over cottage cheese!
  • CharisSunny
    CharisSunny Posts: 276 Member
    Jamaican inspired pineapple chicken with green peppers, yum!
  • KeepGoingRhonda
    KeepGoingRhonda Posts: 527 Member
    With cottage cheese for a snack!
  • kali31337
    kali31337 Posts: 1,048 Member
    soak them in rum.

    they all sound good but this is my favorite idea!!
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    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
    msteresao Posts: 114 Member
    bump
  • MrGonzo05
    MrGonzo05 Posts: 1,120 Member
    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
    cailinlowe Posts: 161 Member
    soak them in rum.

    and then just eat them with a fork :]
  • MorgueBabe
    MorgueBabe Posts: 1,188 Member
    I hope she tells what she did with them.
  • dakotawitch
    dakotawitch Posts: 190 Member
    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!

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