1. Human approval is divided. Some like you, others dislike you. A split vote. Who can you believe? 2. Human approval is shallow. None of them know your deepest heart. What if they did? 3. Human approval is distorted. Your friends overlook many failings. Your enemies can’t see anything right with you. How do you sort it all out? 4. Human approval is unsatisfying. The need of your heart for belovedness goes far beyond anything another sinner can say or do.

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Dairy		2send, Desserts, Fruit	4	servings

INGREDIENTS

15 1/4	oz	Apricot halves
		Almond flavored; undrained
1/3	c	Firmly packed brown sugar
2	ts	Butter or margarine; may be tripled
1	pt	Fatfree vanilla ice cream; or frozen yogurt

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Drain fruit, reserving syrup in small saucepan. Bring to boil.
Reduce to medium-low. Simmer 4 minutes.
2. Stir in brown sugar and butter; cook until thickened, stir
constantly. Add apricots; heat through. Spoon over scoops of ice
cream.
1999: Del Monte introduced canned fruit with spice and other flavors.
These new products essentially work as two ingredients in one.
  IDEAS:
* SORBET - freeze two cans of Harvest Spiced Peaches; run cans under
warm water until fruit slips out. Dice fruit and blend in a food
processor. Serve immediately or return to the freezer and scooped
into dessert glasses later.
* SMOOTHY - blend Raspberry Flavored Peaches with some of the syrup
and vanilla frozen yogurt
* PUREED FRUIT - To cut some of the fat from muffins and to add
flavor, puree Almond Flavored Apricot Halves and substitute the
pureed fruit for some of the fat (up to 75%), or for the amount of
liquid called for in a recipe or on a package mix.
GENERAL ADVICE (from Prevention's archives): Experiment. You can
reduce fat in baked goods by using pureed fruit in place of fat. When
modifying a recipe, make changes gradually so that you keep the taste
as you make the recipe more healthful. If your recipe calls for a cup
of fat--start by substituting pureed fruit for one fourth the fat--if
you like the taste, next time substitute a little more.
Recipe by: Alice Harding for Del Monte Foods
Posted to EAT-LF Digest by PatHanneman <kitpath@earthlink.net> on Apr
30, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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