Healthy gifts!

Let's face it: healthy habits are hard to form, but extremely beneficial! 

Here's one really simple habit - grab an apple! No preparation needed; no fuss.

While we've all be raised to know that 'an apple a day....", we wanted to read the details on why.  So we dug up some information about apples' superpowers here.

Take the simple apple, for example:

• whiter teeth
• avoid Alzheimer's
• protects against Parkinson's
• curb cancers
• decrease risk of diabetes

All in one little apple?  You read that right! And there's more reasons to nosh on this little treat:

• prevents gallstones
• neutralizes IBS
• avert hemorrhoids
• controls weight
• detoxifies your liver..

There are more reasons, but you know what? I'm polishing up my apple...

 

 Mac Apples

For Fruit Lovers!

Here at Ruma's, we are proud to show how we have expanded our business into other areas - wine, gourmet goodies, coffee cakes and even exotic fiddlehead ferns!  But we know that the core - pun intended! - of our business is the fresh fruit that we buy each morning at the market.  After all, you can't get any better than Mother Nature!

Consider our For Fruit Lovers all-fruit baskets: chock full of Mother Nature's harvest, picked at the peak of the season, just for your friends and family.  A juicy pineapple anchors this gift; we surround her with apples, pears, and oranges.

Perfect for the person in your life who is trying to be healthier or for those who already live a healthy lifestyle!

Order anytime online or call us at 800-252-8282
Andrea

Free shipping - Royal Fruit Club - monthly fruit

Ruma's has the perfect gift for the new year - help your friends or relatives with a Royal Fruit of the Month plan!

With 100 years and four generations of expertise behind every pick, you can rest assured that with Ruma's Royal Fruit Club, they're getting only the finest, freshest fruit available. Share the very best nature has to offer with family, friends, co-workers or clients each month – make them a member of Ruma's Royal Fruit Club!
A gift of good health & great taste:

• Approximately four pounds of fresh, delicious seasonal fruit in each shipment
• Our monthly newsletter packed with storage information & great recipes
• Shipping is always free! (Other discounts can not be applied to Royal Fruit Club purchases).


• January - Extra Fancy Gala Apples
• February - Grapefruit
• March - Granny Smith Apples
• April - Papayas
• May - Mangoes
• June - Peaches
• July - Plums
• August - Nectarines
• September - Red Delicious Apples
• October - Asian Pears
• November - Red Pears
• December - Navel Oranges 

 http://www.rumasfruit.com/product/royal_fruit_club/fresh_fruit_baskets

October savings for you!

Use the code OctoberFive at checkout and save on most orders!

We've gt fresh Mac apples ready to ship - we did the picking so you can do the baking! A great idea for your college kid who might be missing home (and is to afraid to tell you!)

http://www.rumasfruit.com/product/all_mcintosh_apples_in_season/89

Recipe of the Week: Honey Sweet Haroset

Apples, nuts, honey and wine? Yes, please! So simple, but so scrumptious together as haroset, we think this pallet pleaser deserves a spot on the table even when it's not on a Seder plate. In fact, many families make the highly symbolic dish in huge batches in order to enjoy it for breakfast, with lunch or as a snack. We say, why not all three? Shalom!

Honey Sweet Haroset

You need:

• 6 apples, peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 3 1/2 teaspoons honey
• 1/3 cup sweet red wine

Directions:

1. Place the apples and walnuts in a large bowl
2. Mix the cinnamon and sugar
3. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mixture over the apples
4. Stir in the honey and wine
5. Serve immediately or refrigerate until serving

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Recipe of the Week: Apple Brownies



So, this apple walks into a brownie... actually, that's a bit misleading. For you see this week's recipe, while it may be called "Apple Brownies," has a lot more in common with what you might know as a "Blondie." In other words, there is no chocolate (brown) to be found here - just apple-y goodness along with the always welcome crunch of pecans. A better name would probably be "Applies" but since that's already a word and would require an ensuing explanation of pronounciation, we'll just stick with Apple Brownies.

Apple Brownies

You need:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 Granny Smith apples, ppeled, cored, chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar then beat in egg
3. Stir in apples and pecans
4. In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients
5. Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix well
6. Pour into a buttered, 8x8 baking dish
7. Bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes clean from center of brownie

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Recipe of the Week: "Strapping" Fruit Snacks

Now that the holidays with their blended egg nog drinks are behind us and smoothie season seems so very far away your blender may very well have the blues. So bored, so lonely, tucked in the corner of the kitchen counter behind the bread box or - worse yet - disassembled and hidden away in some seldom-used lower cabinet.

Well it's time to bust this overlooked appliance out of its winter doldrums and put it to work making a healthy snack which can do the same for you! With a little help from the puree button, you and your blender can whip ordinary apples and pears into some rather strapping fruit leather. (Get it? Strapping? Leather? OK, we won't be quitting our day jobs.) The prep time is quick, but the cook time is rather extensive, so make sure the oven is free for the day/evening. The whole endeavor will be worth it, though, as you get 16 servings of a nutritious and delicious snack and your blender gets to be the star of the kitchen once more!

Strapping Fruit Snacks

You need:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 4 cups apples peeled, cored and chopped
• 4 cups pears peeled, cored and chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 150 degrees
2. Cover a baking sheet with a layer of plastic wrap
3. In the container of a blender, combine the sugar, lemon juice, apple and pear
4. Cover and puree until smooth
5. Spread mixture evenly on the prepared pan
6. Place pan on the top rack of the oven
7. Bake for 5 to 6 hours, leaving the oven door partway open
8. Fruit is ready when the surface is no longer tacky to the touch
9. Remove tray from oven, roll up on the plastic and store in an airtight container

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Happy New Year! Happy New Recipe: Warm Baked Apples

Happy new year, friends!  We hope that 2011 is off to a great start for you! Since it's now a bit after midnight, in lieu of a toast, today we're bringing you a recipe that will help keep you toasty warm! (Not sure about where you are - but here in Boston, today's high temperature is expected to be around 19.)  It also includes plenty of fruit, which is an important part of any healthy-eating resolutions you might have made... but don't worry, there's a lil sugar in there to sweeten the deal.

Warm Baked Apples

You need:

• 6 apples peeled, cored and sliced
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup whole milk

Directions:

1. Preheat overn to 350 degrees F
2. Grease a 2 quart casserole dish
3. Place apples in a large bowl
4. In a small bowl, mix the sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves
5. Stir spice mixture into apples until evenly distributed
6. Fold in the raisins and walnuts
7. Spoon into prepared dish and pour milk evenly over mixture
8. Bake in preheated overn for 45 to 60 minutes, or until soft and bubbly

 

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Recipe of the Week: Ultimate* Cranberry Sauce



The holiday season. It's a time for folks to gather together in peace and harmony. Well, the same is true of fruit. No, really! A couple of weeks ago on this very page (screen) we shared the story of the delightful union of the cranberry and the pear. Today we revisit these fine fruits to find they've forged a fantastic new friendship. The pear, the cranberry, the apple and the orange are all coming together for Thanksgiving and the result is an irresistable combination you'll love to invite to your table every year! (Also, there are pecans. Boy do we love pecans, and their role in this dish is one of the best we've seen outside of a pie-setting.)

*not to take anything away from the Cran-Peary Sauce recipe, but this one is pretty amazing.

Ultimate Cranberry Sauce

You need:

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries
• 1 orange, peeled and pureed
• 1 apple, peeled, cored and diced
• 1 pear, peeled, cored and diced
• 1 cup chopped dried mixed fruit
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dried cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan, boil water and sugar until the sugar dissolves
2. Reduce the heat to simmer and stir in the cranberries, pureed orange, apple, pear, dried fruit, pecans, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg
3. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring ocassionally, until the cranberries burst
4. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature

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Recipe of the Week: Easy Apple Dumplings

It happens everytime we go apple picking. Intoxicated by the crisp fall air, blue skies and the smell of leaves, we run from orchard to orchard filling bag upon bag with every sweet looking fruit we see. Gala, Granny Smith, McIntosh - we'll take one of each... make that a dozen! How lucky we are to live in the Northeast at this time of year - we'll have pies, caramel apples, candy apples, apple cake, apple cider, apple sauce!

And then... we plum run out of things to do with our apples. And yet, we certainly haven't run out of apples to do things with. So this week we bring you a super simple recipe that will use no less than 15 of the little guys, meaning you can both fill your tummy and clear your counter tops! How do you like them... nah, too easy.


Easy Apple Dumplings

You need:

• 3 (12 ounce) cans of refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
• 15 medium apples, peeled cored and halved
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Grease two 13x9 baking dishes
3. In a bowl combine sugar, water, butter and vanilla and set aside
4. Flatten biscuits with hand
5. Wrap each biscuit around an apple half and place seam-side down in baking dishes
6. Pour half the sugar mixture into each pan
7. Sprinkle cinnamon over dumplings
8. Bake, uncovered until dumplings are golden brown and apples are tender; about 35-40 minutes
9. Serve warm

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Recipe of the Week: Autumn Apple Salad

So, it has come to our attention (mostly as we shvitz our way from the parking lot to the office) that while autumn has officially arrived, summer is having some trouble letting go. In other words, it's kinda hot. So this week we'll take a little break from the recent belly-warmers we've been serving up and concede to the summer's last ditch plea for attention.

We've still got your traditional autumn flavors, but this week we're putting them in a cool, yummy, easy to make salad. Apples, cranberries, cherries and almonds - all make an appearance, just not in their usual roles. All the same, we think they put in a stellar performance!

Autumn Apple Salad

You need:

• 4 tart apples, cored and chopped
• 1/4 cup blanched slivered almonds, toasted
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup chopped dried cherries
• 1 (8 oz.) container vanilla yogurt

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, stir together the apples, almonds, cranberries, cherries and yogurt until evenly coated
2. Chill
3. Enjoy

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