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6 Ways to Enjoy Eating Cranberries

October 8, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Corn Cranberry Orange Muffin

Cranberries have that unforgettable tart flavor that can wake up the sleepiest taste buds. They are a beautiful color and packed with great nutrition, too. With holidays on the horizon, here are 6 new ideas for adding cranberries to your mix of healthy and totally-enjoyable foods: In Muffins: Add 1 cup of chopped up, raw cranberries to a recipe for 12 standard-sized muffins. Or, add 1/2 cup of chopped up, raw cranberries along with 1/2 cup of blueberries for 12 standard-sized muffins. In Whole Grain Pilaf: Add 1/2 cup of dried cranberries to a brown rice pilaf just before adding … [Read more...] about 6 Ways to Enjoy Eating Cranberries

Filed Under: Healthy Eating Tips, Healthy Recipes, Holiday Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: Antioxidants, cranberries, Fruit, good nutrition, healthy cooking, vitamin C

Citrus Fruits, Vitamin C & A Fun Recipe!

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Citrus Fruits & Vitamin C! In the winter, I recommend we all pump-up our intake of vitamin C from citrus fruits. There are so many choices like sweet & seedless Clementines, grapefruit, tangerines, oranges, lemons, limes, and the list goes on. The great thing about getting your daily dose of vitamin C from citrus fruits is that you get a nutrient-rich package deal of vitamin C along with fiber, potassium, antioxidants, healthy carbs and a really sweet flavor! Here are all the details about vitamin C. Grow Your Own Citrus Tree! It is super easy to grow a lemon or lime tree at … [Read more...] about Citrus Fruits, Vitamin C & A Fun Recipe!

Filed Under: Healthy Recipes, Healthy Snacks, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: citrus fruits, easy recipe, good nutrition, meal planning, vitamin C

Seedless Tangerines are ‘Mandarinas’ in Spain

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Mandarinas in bowl

The vitamin C in tangerine-mandarinas will help you stay well and their amazingly sweet flavor will keep them on your grocery list, week-after-week. If you're searching for the rockstars of the citrus world then tangerine-mandarinas are it. For a decade or longer, the demand for a kid-sized, seedless, tangy and sweet fruit has grown and grown. While living in Salamanca, Spain this fall, I've already started to buy seedless tangerine-mandarinas from grocery stores, the Central Market, and small shops that specialize in selling fresh fruits and vegetables. They are in nearly every shopper's bag … [Read more...] about Seedless Tangerines are ‘Mandarinas’ in Spain

Filed Under: Citrus fruits and nutrition, Fruits and Vegetables, Homemade Recipes, Mediterranean Nutrition, Seasonal eating, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: citrus fruit recipes, citrus fruits, citrus recipes, cooking at home, easy recipe, good nutrition, how to use tangerine-mandarinas, recipes using citrus fruits, recipes using tangerine-mandarinas, Seedless Tangerines Mandarinas, tangerine-mandarinas, vitamin C

Citrus Fruits Add Flavor and Vitamin C to Meals and Snacks!

December 30, 2012 By Cindy Silver

This grocery store poster in Vienna, Austria makes me hungry for citrus!

A Piece of Sunshine! Oranges, clementines, tangerines - oh boy. At the top of my list of favorite fruits are citrus fruits such as oranges, grapefruits and clementines. I like their sweet flavor, juiciness and the way they're 'wrapped' by nature. I can carry citrus fruits anywhere and when I bite into one, I feel like I'm eating a piece of sunshine. Vitamin C is a Citrus Bonus! I like staying healthy and full of energy all year long. Do you? If you answered 'yes' then choose citrus. Vitamin C comes along with the sweet flavor of citrus, or the sour flavor if you choose a lemon or … [Read more...] about Citrus Fruits Add Flavor and Vitamin C to Meals and Snacks!

Filed Under: Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: citrus fruits, good nutrition, meal planning, vitamin C

Seasonal Pick – Strawberries!

May 15, 2011 By Cindy Silver

NC Strawberries are Here! In NC, strawberry season arrives in May. Just think of all the opportunities to include a sweet treat like fresh, local strawberries in your meals and snacks - it is definitely a long list. Adding strawberries is truly a smart idea, for flavor and great nutrition. Nutrition Features of Strawberries The simple truth is that strawberries 'rock' for good nutrition. One cup of berries cut into halves provides 3 times the daily requirement for vitamin C + 3 grams of fiber + health-enhancing antioxidants + only 50 calories. By anyone's standards, this is one very … [Read more...] about Seasonal Pick – Strawberries!

Filed Under: Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: flavor, healthy choice, healthy lifestyle, locally produced, Meal plan, strawberries, vitamin C

Need a cheap, tasty, nutritious fruit for winter? Read on…

January 9, 2011 By Cindy Silver

Clementine oranges

Oranges, tangelos, grapefruit, Clementines, tangerines, navels...the list goes on and on. Learn your favorites by tasting everything and also learn how to select & store citrus. Then, never be without them this winter. Why? Here's why... Cheap, plentiful, flavorful are 3 top reasons to go for citrus fruits this winter. The 4th reason is vitamin C, (aka ascorbic acid) for which citrus is a nutritional hero. Vitamin C can help you recover quicker from a cold or the flu, strengthen your immune system, help reduce inflammation, contribute to healthy weight loss and keep your skin looking … [Read more...] about Need a cheap, tasty, nutritious fruit for winter? Read on…

Filed Under: Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: cheap, citrus fruits, healthy choice, vitamin C

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