Savor Cooks: Grapefruit Substitutes

This month’s “Savor Health Cooks” recipe features citrus related to the grapefruit, for instances when grapefruit is not recommended within your diet.  Find out why this may be in the supplemental article on grapefruit for the month.

Try our recipe (below) for Citrus and Greek Yogurt Tart with Oat Flour Crust, or pair citrus in savory dishes like a citrus and avocado salad, or an oven roasted chicken with orange slices and fennel.

 

Satisfying those Grapefruit Urges, without Grapefruit

If you can’t have grapefruit, seek out a variety of citrus fruits in the orange family. Try the bright pink cara cara navel or the deep purple blood oranges, or go for the easy-to-peel and sweeter, smaller citrus fruits like tangerines, mandarins or satsumas.

While lemons and limes are also in the citrus family, they are mostly used for their zest and juice as flavoring agents.

If you are experiencing mouth sores, citrus may be irritating so avoid it and swap it out for a milder fruit variety.

Don’t forget to check out our Food of the Month post on The Grapefruit to learn all about the benefits and cautions with including grapefruit in your diet.

 

Recipe

This Citrus and Greek Yogurt Tart with Oat Flour Crust is a balanced breakfast tart.  It is composed of a high fiber whole grain oat flour crust, high protein Greek yogurt and vitamin C and potassium rich citrus fruit.  Eating pie for breakfast just became a fairly nutritious decision to make.  

Citrus zest gets stirred into the yogurt mixture for added flavor. Top the tart with sections or slices of orange, or really any kind of fruit that you have on hand (berries, banana slices, pear slices, or even jam and chopped nuts…). Here, we used a mixture of blood orange, cara cara and orange navels.

 

 

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