Strawberries!

You think of red, sweetness, heavenly, delicious, romance…
How much more do you know about fruit?

Fun facts:

• The straw “berry” we eat is not a berry or even a fruit; it is the enlarged receptacle of the flower.
• Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds (about 200) on the outside.
• They are a member of the Rose family.
• Strawberries are grown in every state in the US and every province in Canada. California produces 80% of the strawberries in the US.
• The ancient Romans believed that strawberries relieved the symptoms of blues, fainting, all inflammations, fevers, throat infections, kidney stones, bad breath, gout attacks, and diseases of the blood, liver, and spleen… almost everything. .
• The current version is a hybrid of North American and Chilean wild strawberries, developed by the French in the 18th century.
• A museum dedicated to this wonderful fruit is located in the strawberry-growing town of Wepion, Belgium.

Nutritional value:

Strawberries are rich in potassium, which aids in muscle contraction and in maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance in the body’s cells. Its folic acid, a crucial vitamin for pregnant women (for the development of the baby’s brain) is one of the highest among fruits. A cup of strawberries has more vitamin C than an orange!

This is the easiest and best way to eat fruit: in addition to the wonderful vitamins and minerals in strawberries, you’ll get plenty of calcium from milk and yogurt. Enjoy!

healthy strawberry smoothies

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of strawberries
• 1 cup of milk
• 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
• 2-1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Addresses:

1. Pick 2 perfect strawberries from the crowd. Freeze the rest.
2. Look at the strawberry. Smell it. How sweet! No wonder it is one of the most favorite fruits.
3. For everything else in a blender or food processor. Blend to a silky pink, the color of ballerina shoes. Adjust sweetness to taste.
4. Decorate the glasses with the perfect strawberries. Eat one, I know it’s irresistible. Cut the other in half to decorate.

Tips:

• In case you’re wondering, frozen strawberries (versus fresh) make the smoothie thicker.
• Reduce the amount of milk by half or add a scoop of ice cream for a thicker texture.
• If you don’t like yogurt, replace it with 1 cup of milk.
• Replace the sugar with 1.5 tablespoons of honey to make the drink even healthier!