The "Mock" Pineapple Recipe | Zucchini Chunks

[@1870s]

We've done a video before on doing this this shredded zucchini, so this time we're going to do chunks / tidbits instead. The recipe is still the same, no matter what style you choose. Outdoor Camp Chef: amzn.to/3QjACmV Amish Water Bath Canner: amzn.to/3QzkjSH Extra Rack For Canner: amzn.to/3SJNMuX Pineapple Zucchini Recipe: 4 quarts cubed or shredded zucchini 46 oz. canned unsweetened pineapple juice 1½ cups bottled lemon juice 3 cups sugar Yield: About 8 to 9 pints Procedure: Peel zucchini and either cut into ½-inch cubes or shred. Mix zucchini with other ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer 20 minutes. Fill jars with hot mixture and cooking liquid, leaving ½-inch headspace. Adjust lids and process. See Table 1 for recommended process time for using a boiling-water canner. Water Bath Boiling Process Time Pint Jars 0 - 1,000 ft (15 mins)

[@ShellyRockiesG]

So excited to make this over this weekend! Thank you for making this video. 🙂

[@traceywallace646]

Where do you get the water bath that fits this this stove?

[@1870s]

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[@lindiewilley5368]

I have and abundance of zucchini from the garden this year. I got the other ingredients today. I will be making this tomorrow along with putting up peaches! I've been a zucchini freezing, pickle making machine the past week or 2. Today I pickled okra. Yum!

[@stephaniehill655]

Thank you

[@vickiey4561]

Well I have a story to tell about pineapple zucchini using your recipe! I made this last year and I love it! BUT yesterday I decided to make a zucchini bread using the pineapple zucchini with my two grand babies. We had a good time making the bread and everyone was excited to try a warm pice fresh out of the oven. I cut our pieces and everyone took a bite, the grand babies spit theirs out and said yuck as a 5 year and 3 year will do. I had to admit it really didn’t taste right! I ended up throwing it out, it was awful! This morning I pulled out the jars thinking that they may be bad for some reason only to look more closer to the label. I had grabbed zucchini RELISH instead of pineapple zucchini! I really love both canned items but I have discovered that they are not interchangeable! 😂

[@1870s]

Oh gosh that's hilarious, I think I would spit it out too 😂

[@juliewilliamsnewzealand818]

I laughed so hard when I read this :) xxx

[@rhondatrumier5530]

Too funny

[@lanabisson2675]

Oh no.. yep I probably would have thrown it out too. Ive done something similar to that.

[@sfranken3]

Omg that’s funny! That’s a good story lol

[@sassycat9871]

It would be so awesome to have a hubby who is so involved

[@lanabisson2675]

Rachel Ive been doing this too for a few years. I love knowing I can have my own faux pinapple on hand at a fraction of the price. Plus its good for you. This time I did a batch of shredded carrots mixed with the zuchinni in the pineapple juice. I labled it carrot cake starter.

[@missrosethiessen9487]

I made this yesterday & its a hit!

[@shelbytaylor25]

My favorite videos you two make are the ones where we can get ideas on how to put up the harvests. Very creative, I always learn something new!

[@maryjanelatocha5027]

Those pineapple chunks take the cutting skills to the next level!

[@susiesalazar7360]

My neighbor brought over some yellow squash. Perfect timing!! Thank you for sharing

[@kathi7956]

I always have a bumper crop of zucchini and I really appreciate your Playlist of the various ways to use it. I was worried that this recipe was not safe for water bath canning because I had read and heard that you can't safely can zucchini. I did my research and found, however, that THIS particular recipe is approved by the National Center for Home Food Preservation and I also found it on various university extension sites. You don't mention this in the videos, but it might be a good idea as there are misconceptions regarding canning zucchini. Thanks for all your hard work. It is much appreciated!

[@Angela_Alaimo]

I really like the jars cooling on the railing thingy. Nice to have a shady, protected porch. Well done

[@hollyhock3945]

I did this a couple of years ago but used yellow summer squash instead. Even though my husband saw me do the entire process, when I made a pineaplle dump cake with a couple of jars, he did not believe it was squash and not pineapple. 😉

[@littlecountrykitchen]

I just made this today as well with yellow Zucchini and it tastes amazing didn'teven peel it!! 💛 thanks Rachel, for the idea 😊🌻❤️

[@sfranken3]

I canned shredded mock pineapple last year and omg I put that on pizza every time! It’s so good!

[@FaithfulPracticalHomesteading]

That's what I was looking for! Thank you for commenting! My teenage daughter and I are the only ones in our family who like pineapple on our pizza. I was given 16 lbs of zucchini and I just found this video! We will be trying this for sure!

[@marykappesser5145]

I love how down to earth you are. And the demo is great.

[@daniellehaggard7401]

My 92-year-old grandma loves this. Thanks so much for the idea and recipe.

[@CaLLewis-y6y]

Wow! I gotta tell ya, my mind is blown. I made this 2 weeks ago. Today I opened a jar and made pineapple upside down cake with these and the juice from these and holy...wow it's amazing! You really forget that it's not real pineapple when eating it! Thank you so much for making and sharing this!!!

[@dishingnutrition]

Rachel I just love all the different kinds of eyeglasses you have!

[@Tiny_Orchard_Homestead]

I was seriously looking for this recipe with in the last hour and couldn’t find it! Thank so much!

[@rgr79]

Love the quick video. I used yellow squash to make my mock pineapple. The outdoor kitchen canning setup is rocking. Have a great weekend.

[@hollyhock3945]

I used yellow too. 😉

[@cindyricksgers6478]

I have so much yellow squash. Did it turn out good? I might try this..

[@julsjewels3185]

What is that huge water bath canner!!!! I am impressed!!!!!

[@melanie2614]

It's an Amish water bath canner . I can't wait to get one !

[@jellymaeveranda1307]

Hi I'm jelly from Philippines, you inspire me every day with your videos.. God bless for the both of you ❤️

[@reneemarie3164]

I like that you can the leftover juices, brine, etc. not a bit of waste.

[@mariagarcia-po6kl]

Hi Rachel and Todd. I just love the way you have fun canning your harvest. This was a bit different. Pineapple 🍍 canning with zucchini's is awesome 👍😎. God Bless the harvest. Have fun you two. See you later. Maria. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😘😘😘😘😘😀😀😀😀😀😀🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍

[@wickedquailandpork537]

Just pulled mine out of the canner as you posted this! Super excited to have it! We got salsa Verde, mock pineapple and spring beans canned today

[@mccoolfarmandgarden]

I LOVE this recipe! I make it with Rampicante squash and it’s fantastic! Definitely fooled the picky kids! We’ve made at least 16 pints of it this year already out of our little garden. Thank you for sharing this!

[@centraltexashomestead-mike4956]

Love it!!! I'm printing the recipe and will make this next spring when we can grow something. LOL day 62 and still no rain. We have a chance today and then one long week of 103 and late next week the rain turns on. All the pickles look delicious. The good news is we have two years worth of canned foods, pickles that we can use until the fall garden produces. I might go buy some zucchini and make a small batch. Good to see yawl. God Bless. Mike

[@GAPeach58]

New subscriber here from SC. I heard another channel I watch mention you, so I checked in; I have been enjoying binge watching your videos. I love fresh 🍍 pineapple when you can get it & the price isn't so high. I like zucchini too. I've never heard of mock pineapple. Oh, I love your "chopper"! He's a big help in the kitchen, especially when he chopped all those onions for you.👍❤ 😁.

[@conniea9201]

I did the pineapple/zucchini recipe this year with my overgrown zucchini, and you can't tell the difference ❤

[@sherrylynn4671]

This is the best recipe ever. I like to make crushed "pineapple" too. It's a great way to use up those zucchini that are getting huge and tough.

[@gailosmond-jewers75]

Made my grated zucchini and pineapple juice a few days ago ...... delicious !! Making my zucchini chunks tomorrow. Thank you so much for this recipe, it is now a must every year. I will be adding a jar of the grated zucchini in pineapple juice to some fried pork with a few more vegies and spices ..... my mouth is watering just thinking about it !! Thanks again and keep the videos coming ..... you two are AWESOME !!!

[@pamschonfarber1041]

I was so happy when I prepped my zucchini (6 med/lg) and put them in a Tupperware type bowl overnight & they didn't change color of texture. So happy to use this recipe. Thanks Rachel

[@pattiecanders1378]

THANK YOU for this zucchini recipe making it now in Newport Me.

[@lesleyhoban6559]

Good idea on chopping into triangles...I love earing it right of jar as a winter fruit

[@suenepa]

I tried it today- it's wonderful. My husband was skeptical and gave me a look when I mentioned it. He can't get over it!

[@joannawillett3885]

I canned most of my homegrown potatoes yesterday which gave me 18 2 pint jars of them. Today I've followed your zucchini relish recipe to use the glut and that gave me 12 pint jars. I've already done pickled beets, apricot chutney and Jam, raspberry cordial, pickled garlic, runner bean chutney, ratatouille, and pasta sauces. I love canning season so much. Thank you for giving me such inspiration 💖

[@stephanieotto790]

I have been looking for ways to use the shredded mock pineapple. So far I've made pineapple upside down cake and Hawaiian Banana Bread. We ate the Hawaiian Banana Bread in 1 day. I'm planning to can up tidbits this year to use in more ways. Thank you for giving me the idea last year to deal with my zucchini. Watch you guys everyday with my morning ☕️

[@michellehodge6358]

I'm glad you showed doing same leftover juice with another batch of zucchini. I had wondered if you could reuse the juice if you had more and today I did. So I'm on my second smaller batch using my left over liquid. 😋

[@LVT2314]

Over cottage cheese or yogurt yum or in a smoothie yum ! Great idea . Great video

[@wandawilliams3110]

I adore the assembly line kind of work. Great video

[@tannaphillips6840]

I love your jars cooling on the porch and the railing!!!

[@barbaral1486]

That is so awesome to use the zucchini in this way ! Right now I am canning up about 22 pounds of carrots. I peeled and sliced yesterday . Already did up 7 quarts of them and then I am waiting for my second batch of beef stew ! Froze the rest of the carrots I did not can up as I can use those in some other way . All that peeling of carrots and slicing had my thumbs throbbing last night! Tomorrow I will make more balsamic onion jam ! My tomatoes are nowhere near ready to can, but that is a good thing as I need to pace myself ! Love 💕 watching you guys ! Thanks for making your great video’s! , I am always learning from you !

[@Me-qm2np]

So timely! Have a huge pile of zucchini and was going to look for this recipe. This my first time making it :-)

[@debbiealtman4572]

Great harvest. Great video.

[@stephaniehill655]

Blessings to you both, working so hard. But come winter it's going to be so good. 😍

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I need one of those big canners. I wonder if I could operate it on my blackstone outside?

[@SleepyHead76]

Looking forward to making this this summer!

[@RobinsTinyHomestead]

That sounds so delicious. I would love to try this recipe. Thank you for sharing it. God bless.

[@mlmarine1]

Have a batch in the water bath now. Tasted it after cooking and it tastes JUST like pineapple! Can’t wait to try the apple pie filling. 😊

[@acgrubbs8895]

I have mine in the water bath now. It tastes awesome! I sure admire your organizational skills when canning. I have shredded zucchini everywhere!!

[@stoneshillhomestead2569]

This is a new family favorite!! Thanks for sharing!

[@dolcevita5411]

All I have to do is watch your channel for all the recipes for canning and more!

[@MadamKsTarot]

AWESOME I have 2 zucchini plants and gather every other day. I dehydrated slices with sea salt n italian herbs, for lasagna. Monday will be doing Chicken n also your zucchini pineapple chunks. Very cool idea.. Thanks. New subscriber Kathleen

[@loriy7532]

Cool recipe Rachel , never thought of this mock pineapple recipe to convert extra squash. If I receive any more zucchini , I'm in. Thank you for the lovely visit..

[@heidihudson]

One of my favorite things to can every year. We love it!

[@cpnotill9264]

Hi Heidi can you tell me what it tastes like? Really sweet? Think I might give this a try!

[@1870s]

It tastes just like pineapple and pineapple is naturally very sweet

[@cpnotill9264]

@@1870s Cannot wait to make it! Thank you!!!!

[@heidihudson]

@@cpnotill9264 it taste exactly like pineapple. We even use the juice in marinades

[@loritanner4478]

I made mock pineapple last summer. Both crushed and chunk. Comes in handy. I also canned real pineapple last summer when I got them for 1.50 each. So have alot of each on my shelves. Made yellow squash bread and butter pickles. Turned out so good. Just canned ground up cowboy candy. I like it better than the rings. Also canned blackberry pie filling. Went out and picked more blackberries today. Made chicken broth today. Letting it set up tonight and will can it up tomorrow after taking off the fat on top. Canned rhubarb BBQ sauce yesterday too. Trying to empty out a little space in my freezers. Busy time of year!

[@vikkiwright5674]

hi

[@ritahopkins7213]

We just Love watching Tod working with you. You're awesome team.🙂

[@lindaminor1985]

Can't wait to try these. I finally grew some productive zucchini plants. Thanks for everything. Love ya both.

[@michelehidgman3864]

Oh my word. Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is delicious as well as an awesome way to use uo extra zucchini. I have made both the tidbits and shredded. Thank you I love it.

[@earlenebrown7181]

That is a new one for me I will have to try this mock pineapple. Thank You a lot cheaper than buying the pineapple.

[@findmysoulgarden914]

Thanks for sharing another use for zucchini!!! Looks like Todd is sporting Cliff Calvin's tan lines from Cheers!! Any whoo, have a super day! ✌️

[@roxannebennett6101]

I am so excited to try this recipe when my zucchini are ready ....

[@elizabethjohnson475]

Being new to this channel, I don't see table 1, but other yt videos say to process in hot waterbath 15 minutes, no matter the size jar. Also, having seen other results, I think it's a great idea to use some yellow food color dye. Makes it very appealing. I'm gonna try using substitute sugar, like stevia or xylitol.

[@juliabrown5948]

This is great, thank you!! Love your big wooden tray/crate that hubby used to take the jars out to the canner, I need a big one like that!

[@1870s]

♥ we use it at Christmas for our charcuterie boards

[@margiestraka7513]

Love Love Love all of your videos. I made your stuffed pepper soup today. It is the best. I used 1 tbs of par-boiled rice. No problems so good. Thank you

[@brendacasseles9559]

I picked summer squash it turned out great it’s in the ball canning book you encourage me to try some thing new thank you Brenda

[@franwilson9324]

This was on my list to make this year. Thanks for saving mr the search for the recipe. Honestly, I have learned so much from your channel the past couple of years. At 71, I am a newby veggie gardener and a newbie canner since finding your channel early in the pandemic. Thanks for enhancing this senior’s skills. It’s only my bad hip that is slowing me down, not my enthusiasm. You are both a pleasure to watch!!

[@wendyr435]

I am going to try this! Thank you for posting it, especially helpful to find good zucchini recipes!

[@hekayat2731]

Thx for sharing your recipe

[@tanjarott7535]

Thanks for posting this! I picked up some pineapple juice today and planned on trying to find a recipe to can some zucchini up tomorrow.

[@mehtarelingolien]

I was really looking forward to this one! Thanks for the brilliant idea(s).

[@Rojuicy_]

I LOOOVE this idea😍...thx for sharing👍🥰

[@sueormiston151]

I would love to know where the farmers market is that you talk about. Thanks and keep up the sharing, I love your process and your personality. Good job to Todd for being your expert chopper too 🙂

[@1870s]

It this one www.blocksstandandgreenhouse.com/farm-market

[@suecap4985]

Thanks as always for the video. Hope you are feeling better.

[@pennyaskay5653]

I love your videos because you give me so many ideas even with out my own garden. I am lucky to have a ton of veggi stands here in Puyallup Washington.

[@atdepaulis]

Wow this is awesome!

[@cpnotill9264]

Thanks for sharing your recipe/ time with us and want to give this a try this week!

[@Leah-qe5lg]

That is so fantastic! Great idea! Thanks for sharing

[@andreamcdonald7291]

It all looks so good!

[@katrinalynn6]

we haave a lot of swiss chard tomatoes and peppers ww made a side with all of it and some garlic we love it

[@margiebenson2067]

Looks good

[@ds333trueloveforever5]

Thank you so much for the recipe. I'll have to try it.

[@nancysala7769]

What an awesome idea. Love the different ways you use zucchini

[@k10ishere]

I was telling my mom about this the other day haha. She sounded amazed.

[@jackiehorsley9263]

wow everything looks great thanks for showing us that

[@rebeccawatson9284]

how cool! I am excited to try this. thanks

[@stephaniehill655]

Oh yummy! Do you have a video on the onion with the maple syrup???

[@donnacornwell4278]

New subscriber. Thanks for all your innovative ways to can. Gives me confidence.

[@JAMcRae]

i made this for first time this year and am really pleased with results. I figure the juice marketed was made from the less perfect, less attractive pineapple so im doing my part to ‘waste not, want not’ :)

[@cathyrosenberry1392]

Just tried your shredded pineapple zucchini. Tastes super.

[@mollysmith6055]

Such an interesting video to watch, Rachel and Todd! When I was a baby water-bath canner I of course had to try the mock-zucchini method. It was so much fun however...I think my zucchini must have had too much water content and diluted the pineapple juice too much. When I cracked open the jars it really tasted like sweet zucchini and not like pineapple at all. Made me sad and I didn't try that again until a couple of years ago. Hubby isn't really much of a fan of pineapple in the first place so I re-thought the process and did shreds the 2nd time thinking it would be a nice pineapple taste but without the mouth feel of the actual fruit, right? I think it worked but he still balked at the pineapple taste, haha. So I guess I just have to admit defeat and leave the zucchini for other purposes. So I guess I will just get to enjoy seeing you can your mock-pineapple and look forward to seeing how you and Todd use it in your meals of the week videos (hopefully!). Thank you and I hope you are enjoying your summer still.

[@debbiemusgrove676]

Sounds delicious and a great way to use up your excess zucchini

[@Famcke]

Wow, how knew? Thank you for sharing all these wonderful recipes with us. So ejoy watching and learning from you. 💐💙🙏

[@katedecker9442]

Thanks for sharing!

[@sgoodrum35]

Please do a video on Mock Apple Pie Filling for canning. I really enjoy watching your videos and can't seem to find a good video from anyone on Zapples/Mock Apple Pie Filling. Thank you in advance.

[@quantafitness6088]

This I have to try! Do you think mango juice would work too?

[@angietaylor5311]

Thank you, would never think of this on my own 😊

[@alanmcclorey8914]

great video., thank you

[@jerriscollins-ruth9019]

Sounds great.

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

I love my new steamer water bath method so easy. Less water our water her in Ontario is very expensive . So I am very happy with mine.

[@katrinakrakow5961]

I was going to make pineapple zucchini and did shredded last year and was going to do chunks this year! Going to make a video for my KZbin channel "Sow and Tare". You beat me to it! I'll also be making zucchini pickles.

[@ChezChristine57]

Thank you!