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# Healthy Recipes: Food for Life Recipe of the Week: Pineapple Apricot Sauce
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/healthy_recipes_0521130504/
- Published: 2013-05-21T18:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T13:55:27.000Z
- Description: A fruit sauce thickened with agar, a sea vegetable thickener that adds no sugar or fat, made from apple juice concentrate, apricots, crushed pineapple and ginger. One tablespoon has 14 calories and no fat.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Healthy Recipes from AICR, Recipes & Dining, #vivvo-import

This sauce is an easy alternative to premade jams or frostings. It is thickened with agar, a sea vegetable thickener that has a slightly sweet flavor and contains no sugar or fat.

Ingredients

1 cup apple juice concentrate   
1 1/2 teaspoons agar powder   
1 cup water   
1 cup chopped apricots, fresh, frozen, or canned   
1 8-ounce can juice-packed crushed pineapple   
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions

Combine apple juice concentrate, agar, and water in a saucepan. Let stand 5 minutes. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally, and cook 3 minutes.

Add apricots, pineapple with its juice, and ginger. Stir to mix. Remove from heat and chill thoroughly, 3 to 4 hours.

Per serving (1 tablespoon): 14 calories; 0 g fat; 0 g saturated fat; 2.5% calories from fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 0.1 g protein; 3.5 g carbohydrates; 3 g sugar; 0.1 g fiber; 2 mg sodium; 2 mg calcium; 0.1 mg iron; 0.9 mg vitamin C; 41 mcg beta carotene; 0 mg vitamin E

Source: *Healthy Eating for Life and to Prevent and Treat Cancer* by Vesanto Melina, M.S., R.D.; recipe by Jennifer Raymond, M.S., R.D.

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