8 Delicious Ways To Eat Dates
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Added to salads: Maybe one of the easiest ways to enjoy dates is to add pitted and chopped dates to salads.
- In a smoothie: Add pitted dates to your morning smoothie. Just one or two will really sweeten things up.
- Added to your breakfast: Dates are also great added to oatmeal, plain Greek yogurt, or on top of pancakes.
- In a fruitcake: Fruitcake is one of the most common ways to use dates in the U.S.
- Baked (or not): We discussed that dates are commonly found in fruitcakes, but that's not the only dessert they are delightful in. Dates can also be baked into other types of cakes, cookies and bread. Dates are also work wonder in no-bake desserts.
- On top of ice cream or frozen yogurt: Sticky sweet dates on top of ice cream? Yes please. Pit, chop and sprinkle them on top for a true ice cream treat.
- Stuffed: Dates can be stuffed with all kinds of goodies. Try stuffing them with goat cheese or cream cheese. Add a little garlic to the goat cheese mixture and honey to the cream cheese mixture.
- Wrapped: Stuffed or unstuffed date are particularly delicious wrapped in bacon or prosciutto.