Rhubarb!!

apparations
apparations Posts: 264 Member
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Have you all been enjoying rhubarb season as much as I have? I can't stop eating the stuff! Literally all I do is cook about 1lb with 1 cup of water and 1/4 cup of sugar on the stove top. Then adding some frozen strawberries when done for texture (Fresh ones aren't quite ready yet in this area). SO good with yogurt or ricotta!
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  • apparations
    apparations Posts: 264 Member
    Anyone else have suggestions for rhubarb? Aside from pie of course :)
  • Itskaleena
    Itskaleena Posts: 157 Member
    I've never had it before.
  • RamonaFr
    RamonaFr Posts: 112
    rhubarb sauce just the way you are making it is enough for me -- always delicious.
  • sofitheteacup
    sofitheteacup Posts: 396 Member
    Rhubarb is delicious and I never knew how to cook it... 1/4c sugar sounds like a lot though (I don't even keep sugar in the house)...

    Edit: researched it, 1/4c white sugar is just under 200 cals. Thought it would be more, I guess.
  • andreavarangu
    andreavarangu Posts: 78 Member
    Well you do need sugar with rhubarb.....way too tart without. I also make rhubarb crisp....try to go light with the butter and sugar but a bit of crumble on top of lots of fruit.....Delicious!

    Oh and if you cook down the stewed rhubarb until it's quite thick it's delicious with baked brie....(I know the brie should be a rare treat!)

    And someday when you get to maintenance and can afford the calories....Rhubarb upside down cake is amazing! Pink and very pretty!
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Love me some rhubarb (hence the username!) - just baked a pie today! My dad grows it in his garden and brought me a bunch recently. Mom brought a jar of rhubarb jam/syrup they had made too - sooooo good on toast! Never thought of putting it on yogurt but must try that too.

    I've never liked strawberries in my rhubarb - I'm a purist - give me all rhubarb!

    Wish I could grow it here, but haven't had much luck, I think it's just too hot (central California). I need to research and find out if there are varieties that might tolerate this climate better.
  • FatOldBat
    FatOldBat Posts: 3,307 Member
    I found this savory rhubarb recipe in the NYTimes:
    http://www.nytimes.com/video/dining/100000002938433/skillet-chicken-with-rhubarb.html
  • farway
    farway Posts: 1,264 Member
    I grow my own rhubarb, and coincidentally made a rhubarb crumble this afternoon, never fails, and so easy to do

    I added a bit of ginger in, but not enough to overpower it

    One of the easiest meals around
  • Elsie_Brownraisin
    Elsie_Brownraisin Posts: 786 Member
    I've seen recipes for a sharp rhubarb sauce to go with mackerel or pork, but haven't tried it.

    I mostly make compote with some fresh ginger and/or a little orange and have it with yogurt or ice cream.

    When I was little, my grandad grew it and we'd eat it fresh from the garden, raw and dipped in sugar. It sounds like a recipe for stomach cramps now though...
  • LauraHasABabyJack
    LauraHasABabyJack Posts: 629 Member
    We always ate it raw with salt when I was growing up.
  • apparations
    apparations Posts: 264 Member
    I didn't think you could eat it raw! Rhubarb with baked brie sounds AMAZING.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    That sounds good, I will have to try it that way!!

    I love rhubarb too. I've been cooking down 1 lb each of frozen strawberries and rhubarb, no added liquid or sugar, and then eating a little of that refrigerated overnight with 1/4 c oats, 4 oz plain nonfat Greek yogurt and some flaxseed. Delish.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Yum!
  • MonsterSugarBug
    MonsterSugarBug Posts: 32
    Mmm, rhubarb!! love rhubarb crisp, especially when it's still warm with French vanilla ice cream!! Mmm!! Strawberry rhubarb pie is amazing, or strawberry rhubarb jam...my mouth is watering just thinking about it!
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    this is a prepared food and doesn't really fit the thread (sorry OP) but I have to tell those of you who love strawberry-rhubarb stuff, that noosa yoghurt makes an amazing strawberry-rhubarb flavored one...check it out. I get it at Target and it's seriously one of the most delicious things I have ever eaten in my life!
  • aj11016
    aj11016 Posts: 65
    You can make Rhubarb wine :drinker:
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Love it but yes it needs a lot of sugar. Just remember the leaves are toxic!
  • GillaMahogany
    GillaMahogany Posts: 133
    Ok I love the sounds of every single thing here on this thread so far! Yum!
    I make rhubarb muffins and rhubarb cake too, top the muffins with just a sprinkle of sugar and you get this sort of candy crunchy top which is just so amazing next to the moist tart rhubarb....Double Yum!
    @seltzermint, I have that exact yogurt in my fridge right now...Triple Yum!

    Edited to add that LaurahasaBaby is loony...raw rhubarb with salt?! That's just crazy talk! :tongue:
  • fithealthygirl
    fithealthygirl Posts: 290 Member
    Bump! I didn`t know about all the delicous things that could be made with rhubarb. Thanks for the suggestions!
  • farway
    farway Posts: 1,264 Member
    You can make Rhubarb wine :drinker:

    Yep, my grandad made that, it was awful, but I think, having made my own wine, it was lack of allowing to mature
  • farway
    farway Posts: 1,264 Member
    We always ate it raw with salt when I was growing up.

    Same here, but uses sugar, used to dip the rhubarb stick in the sugar and munch away
  • GBrady43068
    GBrady43068 Posts: 1,256 Member
    Never salted it...just ate it raw. Then again I like a VERY tart lemonade so YMMV....
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    You can make Rhubarb wine :drinker:
    Somewhere I saw a recipe for making a rhubarb cocktail syrup to add to white wine or mixed drinks - it sounded amazing! Thought I had it bookmarked, but don't see it, will have to poke around Google and see if I can dig it up.
  • parkscs
    parkscs Posts: 1,639 Member
    My grandmother used to grow rhubarb and make a rhubarb crisp (I think it had some strawberries in it as well) that was to die for.
  • tkillion810
    tkillion810 Posts: 591 Member
    Would love to see more ways to prepare it without adding sugar. Keep the ideas coming! :)
  • delazouche
    delazouche Posts: 55 Member
    In for the ideas here! Love rhubarb!
  • Riffraft1960
    Riffraft1960 Posts: 1,984 Member
    The walkway to my grandparent's outhouse was lined with rhubarb on both sides. I love it. BTW, I would never "ruin" it by serving it with strawberries. I have only had it three ways, sauce, pie and cobbler. I miss having it, I don't grow it and I never cooked it. Maybe I should learn.
  • shrimpie75
    shrimpie75 Posts: 10
    Instead of using normal average everyday granulated sugar, how about using granulated sweetener ie canderal instead???
  • HornedFrogPride
    HornedFrogPride Posts: 283 Member
    Bump
  • tracydr
    tracydr Posts: 528 Member
    Have you all been enjoying rhubarb season as much as I have? I can't stop eating the stuff! Literally all I do is cook about 1lb with 1 cup of water and 1/4 cup of sugar on the stove top. Then adding some frozen strawberries when done for texture (Fresh ones aren't quite ready yet in this area). SO good with yogurt or ricotta!
    my mother grew up eating this type of sauce. They didn't have much money and lived in rural, northern MN. They had lots of berries and rhubarb.
    I love it with yogurt. I need to try it with Splenda or stevia sometime.

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