I bought a fresh pineapple which is so sweet and juicy - it's wonderful. However, it cuts the inside of my mouth and I'll never be able to eat the whole thing by myself. I have it all cleaned, cored and sliced into wedges (like Dole Pineapple Chunks) in the fridge.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what I can do with it? The only thing I came up with is to saute some of it in butter and a little brown sugar and serve it with a ham slice.

Any other ideas would be appreciated. Thanks

you could always, make little pinapple upside-down cakes, like the size of cupcakes and eat some and freeze the rest.

Toss it with some fruit fresh, and it will freeze well. Then you can use it in fruit salad, or whatever when you want. Or cook it in something to make it softer so it doesnt hurt your mouth.

You could dehydrate it. Fresh pineapple does the same thing to my mouth, but I love it!
Carol B

Dried pineapple chunks are just like candy!

I like to take a large container of cottage cheese, add about a half of a bag of small marshmellows and a can of chunky pineapple. Stir together and chill..good as a salad or dessert. The marshmellows make it sort of sweet. I'm sure you could use the fresh pineapple as well.
Melinda

Great suggestions. Thanks everyone!

I just did a google search fresh pineapple recipes and lots came up

Here is one of the links.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,fresh_pineapple,FF.html

pineapple coffee cake and lots of receipes, Enjoy!

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_me...eapple_recipes

Pineapple Selection and Storage (Lots to read here, enjoy!)

http://homecooking.about.com/od/food...eapplestor.htm

Stir any kind of fruit (your pineapple and anything else you may have) into yogurt, top with granola and you have a kind of healthy dessert! I also grill my pineapple and love it that way!

Thank you so much everyone for all the wonderful suggestions and websites. I've spent a good part of the afternoon checking them all out. I never knew you could do so much with fresh pineapple - I always thought you had to cook/bake only with the canned. Guess you're never too old to learn. Funny - a couple of years ago I never had a problem with pineapple - oh, the glories of getting old! Anyway, I think I'm going to have to buy more fresh pineapple to make all the recipes I want to try. Thanks again. Your responses have been great.

You could make a fresh pineapple salsa. It's very easy to make and pretty too!
Just dice the pineapple into small pieces. Add 1 small, diced red onion and juice of 1 lime. Mix, cover and refrigerate an hour or two. This can be used with fish, shrimp, chicken, etc. Delicious.
Note: If you have access to key limes, use them, but otherwise, regular limes will work too.

I would cut it a little smaller.

I put fresh pineapple, kiwi, strawberries, bananas, grapes, pears, blueberries, or any other fruit in with a can or two of drained mandarin oranges. I use the juice from the oranges and mix it with a box of sugar-free Creamcheese, White Chocolate, or Vanilla instant pudding mix. Then I pour that over the fruit and mix it up. Everyone that's tried it has loved it.

I just took a package of fresh frozen pineapple out of the freezer for breakfast tomorrow. It freezes beautifully. Eat what you can and freeze it in amounts that you can eat another time.

Suggestion.....I have same problem with fresh pineapple and fresh tomatoes....course, I overdose when I get them! I rinse my mouth out after indulging with a baking soda and water mixture. It will cut the acidity...sure helps me!

I dont know if you have an Aldi store where you are but they have Del Monte Fresh pineapples for .99 :shock:

I picked up a few from there yesterday and they are really tasty!!

Billy

Just read how it hurts your mouth when you eat it. Does teh same thing to my DD, but she actually starts to have an allergy reaction where her throat swells.
She can eat canned pineapple just fine.

Many great recipes. Hope you find one to use. I like it cut up on cottage cheese. All the fruit with the dressing sounds yummy, too.

you can make pineapple upside down cake. very yummy. Penny

You could send it to me. ;) :lol:

thanks for the ideas

Thanks again, everyone. All your ideas are super. I'll keep the baking ideas in mind and I really like the suggesions for mixing it with other fruits and pudding or eating it with cottage cheese. For sure I'm going to try the baking soda mouthwash idea!

Yes, I do have an Aldi's nearby, and that's where I bought mine - for .89! I was afraid there would be something wrong with it, like all rotten inside or something, because pineapples in my local super markets were $3 and $4 ! But it was delicious. The markup in food in just amazing, isn't it?

I don't know if anyone else has heard of this, but I just love Paula Deen's Pineapple Casserole recipe. I made it the first time and told my son what was in it (now the BOY was about 27 at the time) and he said he would never eat it. Well after just a taste, he ate 1/2 of it. Now he requests it often and so do his friends whenever he goes over for a potluck dinner. If I am serving it for a dinner I make two just so I can have leftovers.

Ingredients
1 cup sugar
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups grated sharp cheddar
2 (20-ounce) cans pineapple chunks, drained, and 6 tablespoons pineapple juice reserved
1 cup cracker crumbs (recommended: Ritz)
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, melted, plus extra for greasing pan
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease a medium-size casserole dish with butter.

In a large bowl, stir together the sugar and flour. Gradually stir in the cheese. Add the drained pineapple chunks, and stir until ingredients are well combined. Pour the mixture into the prepared casserole dish.

In another medium bowl, combine the cracker crumbs, melted butter, and reserved pineapple juice, stirring with a rubber spatula until evenly blended. Spread crumb mixture on top of pineapple mixture. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.

It's wonderful with chili-lime salt sprinkled on top. Adds just the right amount of spice with very little heat. Yummy.

Bake your pineapple with some chicken thighs & my 1-2-3 sauce or with teriyaki pork chops, etc. Or just bake as a less acidic dessert.

It's great in a stirfry too! :)

I do this also but I use instant lemon pudding. I get the same reaction, everyone loves it, especially the kiddos!

EllaBud,
What? Pineapple salsa with no hot peppers? I'd add a seeded jalapeno for some kick but that's just me.

Pepperoni and Pineapple Pizza!

I make coleslaw with it just pineapple and mayo and mix with precut coleslaw from the store

thanks for the recipe!

Can pineapple be frozen? You could save some for another time.

Freeze what you can't use.

try hawaiin pork chops.my family loves it over rice.

brown chops then put in casserole dish
add pineapple, green pepper, on top

mix together in bowl 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

1/4 cup ketchup
1 tbsp sot sauce (we like to use tariyaki sauce0
2 tbsp brown suger

pour over the stuff in the casserole dish bake at 325 till chops are done .they are real tender then you don't even need a knife.

I know you asked last March --- but here's one recipe I do with pineapple...VERY simple and VERY good!

Slice pineapple into wedges....remove the core

Mix 1 cup sugar with either lemon or lime zest (doesn't matter how much) ---- in a plastic bag. You can squish it around until the zest is mixed in good.

Dredge the pineapple in the sugar mixture till coated and lay out on wax paper on a cookie sheet. Pop it on the BBQ along with your meat and cook till warmed thru. Sometimes you'll get a nice brown "crust". It's yummy!!!