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Healthy Apricot Recipes

Find healthy, delicious apricot recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.

Apricot-Spinach Salad

This spinach salad has black beans which add fiber and protein. And there's a double dose of apricots--dried apricots in the salad provide fruity taste and nice texture and apricot nectar adds body to the ginger-soy dressing.

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Vanilla Yogurt with Apricots

Dried apricots give plain vanilla yogurt a tart-sweet boost of flavor, plus potassium and fiber.

Mini Meat & Cheese Board

For a satisfying and quick snack or dessert, assemble your own cheese board for one, adorned with apricots, almonds and carrots.

Fruit Triangles with Honey Orange Dipping Sauce

Phylllo-filled fruit triangles dipped in an orange- and honey-flavored, yogurt-based sauce--this dessert takes only 40 minutes to prepare.

Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

Add dried apricots, currants, and chopped walnuts to oatmeal cookies for a delicious treat.

Double Apricot Bread

This low-fat quick bread has twice the apricot flavor! Canned apricots are blended and mixed in to flavor the bread while snipped dried apricots add texture to each bite. Try a slice for breakfast or for a late afternoon snack.

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Smoky Nut-Stuffed Apricots

Dried apricots are stuffed with provolone cheese and pecan halves, then wrapped in bacon, baked, and served warm for a fresh take on a favorite appetizer.

Apricot-Cranberry Panettone

A panettone is an Italian sweet bread or fruitcake that is typically served during the holidays. This version--featuring apricots, apricot brandy and dried cranberries--can be eaten any time of the year, for dessert or as a snack.

Chipotle Grilled Pork Chops with Grilled Apricot Salsa

Your grill does double duty in this meal! Grilled apricots take center stage in a zesty salsa which tastes delicious with the chipotle flavored grilled pork chops.

Apricot-Ginger Pinwheels

These pinwheel cookies are filled with a yummy apricot-ginger filling and rolled in chopped pistachios before they are sliced and baked.

Apricot Baked Rice Pudding

This pleasantly sweet, Indian-style rice pudding recipe is smooth and custardy with a hint of cardamom. Cardamom loses its flavor quickly, so purchase whole, decorticated cardamom and use it within a few months.

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Spiced Bran Muffins with Dried Apricots

The daily recommendation for grains is to make half of them whole-grains. These bran muffins--flavored with banana, apricot and delicious spices--are a tasty and creative way to incorporate whole-grains into your diet.

Fruit and Nut Twists

The homemade dough used in this recipe is flavored with apricots, almonds, honey and a touch of aromatic cardamom.

Cornbread-Stuffed Pork Chops

Snipped dried apricots add a pleasant hint of sweetness to the cornbread stuffing.

Apricot Yogurt Delight

Don't think you have time for dessert? Try this four-ingredient fruity special. It's super quick to prepare.

Brandied Apricot Loaves

This quick bread--flavored with brandied apricots and almonds and topped with an apricot drizzle--makes a great snack during the holidays.

Apricot-Pecan Muffins

Apricots, oats, pecans, and a touch of allspice are a winning combination in these easy-to-make muffins.

Spring Salad with Apricots, Almonds and Cilantro

Packed with flavor, this salad is full of fruit, vegetables and fresh herbs. Sprnkle with almonds for an extra crunch.

Cherry-Apricot Freeze

This easy frozen fruit dessert recipe has very little sugar. The sweetness comes mostly from the fruit.

Apricot Chicken Kabobs

This chicken skewer recipe gets a tantalizing zing from Jamaican jerk seasoning and apricot fruit.