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• 1 small pineapple
• about 4 tablespoons brown sugar

- Slice your pineapple  but leave the slices thick. (after peeling slice pineapple down the center and cut each half in half and remove core)
- Lay pineapple slices on a baking sheet or pan and sprinkle with brown sugar. Depending on the size of your pineapple, and your penchant for sweets, you may need more or less.
- Roast in a 400F oven for about 20-30 minutes or until edges are caramelized.



For an impressive and festive dessert or breakfast, serve pineapple slices in the shell. Top with a strawberry or pitted cherry. Pineapple especially loves the company of kiwifruit, oranges, bananas, papayas and mangoes.
Stir diced pineapple into yogurt. Pair with raspberries and strawberries.
Serve slices with lemon sorbet.
Enhance flavor with cloves, cardamom, mint and ground or fresh ginger.
Try pineapple with a kiss of rum or rum flavoring, orange liqueur or orange juice. Sprinkle with brown sugar; broil or grill until hot. Sweeten vegetables with its juice like sweet potatoes or winter squash.
Add its flavor to fish or meat recipes.
 Add pineapple to a spicy hot chicken sauté made with chili powder and hot peppers.
Vinaigrette-dressed turkey or chicken salads love this fruit.
Thread chunks on skewers with seafood or chicken; grill