rhubarb

[LisaLulu]

Got some rhubarb in my CSA box this week. Last year I made crisp with a ton of sugar and butter and oats because that stuff is sour! No idea what to make with it now. I'm done my whole 30 so I can use honey but prefer not to use table sugar.

[PamH]

Combine it with applesauce or cook down with some apples (sweeter variety) to make some sauce.  If that isn't sweet enough, try some 100% apple juice concentrate.  I use it to top pork.  I can't find it right now, but I have a recipe for a sauce for meat that includes rhubarb and balsamic vinegar and other stuff.

 

You can do it with strawberries and even something like dates.

 

I saw a paleo recipe for rhubarb salsa, but pretty sure it had a little honey. 

 

It is still sugar, but not processed sugar.  

 

I have not tried this, but uses so little sugar you can probably omit or sub a couple of dates or apricots:

 

http://andhereweare.net/2013/03/persian-lamb-stew-with-rhubarb-mint.html

[ultrarunnergirl]

Here's a thread on this from about a month ago with good ideas:

 

http://forum.whole9life.com/topic/18768-its-time-again-to-start-talking-about-rhubarb/

[LisaLulu]

I ended up baking it into a sauce using apple juice and used it to dip my roast chicken and also mixed it in with a can of tuna. Very good, next time no need for apple juice, it tasted too sweet and would be fine as a sour sauce paired with meat. It tasted kind of like cranberry sauce!