how to use up those cuties (small seedless tangerines)

[ktgrok]

I got them in a fruit shipment, and no one wants to eat them! My kids refuse oranges/tangerines due to the bits of white pith, and I can't eat all of them. Citrus gives me heart burn. 

Any easy recipe? I got rid of my juicer a while back, or I'd just juice them. 

Might see if a neighbor wants them?

[mommyoffive]

Smoothie?

[alisoncooks]

Oh man. My kids blow through those things! 

Smoothies?

[Sneezyone]

Juice them and marinate chicken, pork and beef with different herbs. I use citrus for my chicken with Provençal herbs. I use it with lime and soy sauce, onion, jalapeño and cumin when I do skirt steak. It’s awesome for Cuban-style pork too.

Edited March 27, 2021 by Sneezyone

[mommyoffive]

1 minute ago, alisoncooks said:

Oh man. My kids blow through those things! 

Smoothies?

Mine too.  They will eat several at a time all day long.  

[Farrar]

This is one of the weird things about Cuties - they taste great as a snack food, but you can't use the zest - it's weirdly bitter. And the lightness of the juice makes them not great in smoothies or in other things where you'd usually use oranges. I mean, you can put them in salads and so forth? But that's basically the same as eating them whole.

[Tanaqui]

Send them to me. What the kids and I don't eat, the dog will sneak off our plates.

[Sneezyone]

10 minutes ago, Farrar said:

This is one of the weird things about Cuties - they taste great as a snack food, but you can't use the zest - it's weirdly bitter. And the lightness of the juice makes them not great in smoothies or in other things where you'd usually use oranges. I mean, you can put them in salads and so forth? But that's basically the same as eating them whole.

Really? I’ve had great success using them in marinades. I don’t use the zest tho. This is especially good for the ones that are overripe and too juicy to easily peel.

[ktgrok]

20 minutes ago, Sneezyone said:

Juice them and marinate chicken, pork and beef with different herbs. I use citrus for my chicken with Provençal herbs. I use it with lime and soy sauce, onion, jalapeño and cumin when I do skirt steak. It’s awesome for Cuban-style pork too.

I just smashed one down into a marinade for some chicken I'm going to grill! Thank you! I used lime juice, olive oil, some mustard, some garlic, a tiny splash of maple syrup, and a cutie. 

18 minutes ago, Farrar said:

This is one of the weird things about Cuties - they taste great as a snack food, but you can't use the zest - it's weirdly bitter. And the lightness of the juice makes them not great in smoothies or in other things where you'd usually use oranges. I mean, you can put them in salads and so forth? But that's basically the same as eating them whole.

Oh! I was going to make salads with grilled chicken, DH and I will eat them iwth the cuties, that will use up some!

[Farrar]

11 minutes ago, Sneezyone said:

Really? I’ve had great success using them in marinades. I don’t use the zest tho. This is especially good for the ones that are overripe and too juicy to easily peel.

They definitely don't do right in baking. When I've used them in marinades, they just feel wasted. They don't seem to add any flavor or they seem to detract. When I put orange in a marinade, I can taste it. I remember once trying to use some up for a marinade and the pork just came out tasting a bit off. 

[Sneezyone]

3 minutes ago, Farrar said:

They definitely don't do right in baking. When I've used them in marinades, they just feel wasted. They don't seem to add any flavor or they seem to detract. When I put orange in a marinade, I can taste it. I remember once trying to use some up for a marinade and the pork just came out tasting a bit off. 

Hmph. I tend to like the lighter flavor, especially with chicken and more delicate herbs. It adds a hint of sweetness to the lime that I usually use in my beef concoctions too but, I agree, I usually have to supplement with real OJ for pork. The small oranges are insufficiently punchy.

Edited March 27, 2021 by Sneezyone

[Danae]

They make incredible jello, but you still have to juice them.  The NYT cooking section had a recipe for clementine pomegranate jello in their Thanksgiving 2019 collection.  I made it, almost as a joke because we haven’t had jello at Thanksgiving in decades.  It blew everyone away. So good.

[Acadie]

I love them in salad with chicken, peanuts and ginger soy dressing.

Also if you don't have a juicer you can use a spoon, rotating to squeeze out the juice over a bowl.

Edited March 27, 2021 by Acadie

[Bootsie]

Cuties (if they are the brand) use two different varieties.  Depending upon whether they are clementines or mandarins, I find that they have a distntively different taste.  I have made jam with them.

[AbcdeDooDah]

When we have too many, I juice and freeze for marinades later.

[mathnerd]

I add a couple of them every day to the lunch salads that I make. I cannot eat a salad without cuties in them because I have grown so used to that combo - also a good dose of vitamin C helps the body absorb nutrients from green salads. I too get heartburn from citrus, but I can handle it in a salad.

[iamonlyone]

Make Orange Julius drinks? We enjoyed this: https://www.happyandharried.com/2014/02/14/creamy-orange-julius-orange-smoothie/

[Tanaqui]

4 hours ago, mathnerd said:

I add a couple of them every day to the lunch salads that I make. I cannot eat a salad without cuties in them because I have grown so used to that combo - also a good dose of vitamin C helps the body absorb nutrients from green salads. I too get heartburn from citrus, but I can handle it in a salad.

 

I'm not gonna say you shouldn't eat salads however you like, but you should know that a serving of romaine lettuce already has a significant portion of your RDA of vitamin C. So do cherry tomatoes, red bell peppers, bean sprouts - really, if it goes in a green salad, it probably already has a lot of vitamin C. There's no harm in trying to get more, but it's not like without adding your tangerine, you won't get any and all those other non-vitamin-c nutrients in your salad will go unabsorbed.

(Actually, the red bell pepper has easily three times as much vitamin c per serving as the tangerine.)

[ktgrok]

Ooh, now I want a salad with peanuts and cuties! 

I had one for dinner with spring mix, grilled chicken, walnuts, the segmented cuties, and some sweet vidalia salad dressing. 

 

[Wheres Toto]

I LOVED Orange Julius when I was a teen.   Everytime I see an Orange Theory, I think it's an Orange Julius for a second and do a double take.  

I looked up a copy-cat recipe years ago and thought it had way more sugar than the ones shared here.  I may have to try one of those. 

[happi duck]

I forgot about faux orange Julius recipes!  Ages ago, I made them for parties and they were a hit.

My recipe: Blend together 3 oz frozen OJ concentrate, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup water, 1/4 cup powdered sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 5-6 ice cubes

[gardenmom5]

ambrosia salad?

minimarshmallows

coconut

sour cream

oranges  

pineapple?