Gift ideas

Ramadan Gift Ideas from Minnie's

Ramadan gift idea: a basket lined with typical Egyptian fabric and filled with a selection of Minnie's Dried Fruits

A burlap bag with trim, a guest towel and filled with Minnie's Dried Fruits 

Egyptian handblown glass jar with lid, filled with Minnie's goodies

Egyptian handblown glass bowl filled with Minnie's Ramadan selection of dried fruits.

The Slice August 2012 Issue

The Slice

August 2012 Issue

What's New This Month...

Egyptian Pear Rounds: We cut and dry the crunchy (khashaby) pears with no preservatives or color enhancers. These pears are peeled, cored and dried to a chewy state that brings out their delicate flavor. Try them in khoshaf or right out of the bag, they are a great snack.

Egyptian Mango Slices:  Mango season has just begun. The varieties are coming in one after the other, pleasing the palate and the sense of smell. And we too have begun drying them and making mango fruit rollups. Our fruit rollups have no sugar added and no preservatives; they are 100% natural fruit.

Egyptian Raisins: we use the original Egyptian seedless green/golden grapes (banati) to make these raisins. These raisins are a dark amber color and are sweet and chewy and delicious. Eat them with nuts or add them to cereal, oatmeal, rice or moussaka3a, you will just love them.

You may continue to receive The Slice by email or you may choose to read it on our blog Cut and Dried. We hope you engage and comment by subscribing to Cut and Dried. And we encourage you to try some of our recipes that use Minnie’s Dried Fruits & Vegetables. Give us your feedback on those your try!

Please help us continue to grow. When you get a chance, like Minnie's Dried Fruits and Vegetables on Facebook and go ahead and subscribe to our blog Cut and Dried!

The Slice July issue

The Slice

July 2012 Issue

Ramadan is almost here. Kol sana wentum tayebeen! In other words, happy returns of the holy month!

We have been busy during the last few weeks drying some very special fruits for the Ramadan yameesh (dried fruits). Check our list of products for this month and try some of the new items.

Minnie’s Dried Fruits & Vegetables was in the news again this month! Cairo Kitchen’s blog interviewed us and published a nice article which you may read at the following link:

 http://blog.cairokitchen.com/minnies-dried-fruits-vegetables/

You can continue to receive The Slice by email or you may choose to read it on our new blog Cut and Dried. We hope you engage and comment by subscribing to Cut and Dried. And we encourage you to try some of our recipes that use Minnie’s Dried Fruits & Vegetables.

What's New This Month...

Egyptian Apricots: We dry these delicious apricots with no preservatives or color enhancers, thus their color is slightly darker, and their taste is still great.

Egyptian Dried Plums:  Also known as prunes. Try them! They are dark and juicy and delicious. We have removed the pits and split them in half for your enjoyment.

Cherries: imported from Lebanon and Syria, pitted, and split in two. We dried them to a chewy state to enhance their flavor.

Khoshaaf Mix: composed of Egyptian apple crescents, apricots, cherries, peaches from Sinaii, prunes, pears and raisins. Soak them in hot water and use for khoshaf (recipe at the end).

Yameesh Mix: very much the same as the Khoshaaf Mix except all the stones and pits have been removed from the apricots, cherries, peaches, and prunes to give you a delicious chewy dried mix for your after iftar snacking enjoyment.

Please help us continue to grow. When you get a chance, like Minnie's Dried Fruits and Vegetables on Facebook and go ahead and subscribe to our blog Cut and Dried!