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Antioxidant Shake

Berries are the fruits with one of the highest contents of antioxidants. Antioxidants are the substances that help our body fight the effects of aging. So, if you want to stay young and pretty, we need to consume foods with a high antioxidant content.

According to various sources, the foods with the most antioxidant content are:

Berries – blueberries, blackberries, strawberries
Broccoli
Tomatoes
Red Grapes
Garlic
Spinach
Carrots
Soy
Whole Grains
Tea

When I looked at the list I was pleased because I eat all of these foods on a pretty constant basis. So I am well on my way to maintain my youthful appearance – hopefully!!

I want to share with you another one of my fruit smoothies that is chock-full of berries – perfect as a breakfast drink or as a late night treat too.

ANTIOXIDANT SHAKE

5-6 strawberries

2 handfuls of blueberries

8oz pomegranate juice

¼ cup of yogurt or kefir

2 tbs agave nectar

5-6 ice cubes

Mix everything in a blender and enjoy.

I love the berry flavor of this shake. I also make it sometimes with pineapple juice and the taste is just as good. I do not strain it, as the seeds tend to go to the bottom of the glass, but I would strain it if you add raspberries – their seeds are just to big and they feel grainy when drinking.

Tags: berries, blueberry, pomegranate, strawberry

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Freezing Berries

20 Jan

I guess I am in a very fruity mode these days… but I indeed mentioned that one of my new year’s resolutions were to eat more fruit and vegetables. I am taking you along for the ride…

I love making myself fruit smoothies in the mornings. Particularly, I LOOOOOVE adding fresh berries to them. Unfortunately, in a way, is that berries are pretty expensive… I am paying these days between $7 and $8 for a pound of strawberries. I guess they’re not in season in the US and they’re bringing them from God-knows-where. And there’s little I can do to reduce my carbon footprint in regards to this… because we don’t grow berries in Puerto Rico, I either buy them imported, frozen, or not eat them at all.

What I want to share with you is about freezing berries… this is a trick I learned, again, from my good friend Martha Stewart (she does not know how good friends we are…) With the price I pay for berries, I can’t eat them all at once and they’re prone to spoil fast. To avoid this when I purchase these beautiful strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or any other berry… is to freeze them individually on a baking sheet and then store them.

I wash the berries, remove any stems, dry them as well as I can and place them without touching on a baking sheet. Place the baking sheet on the freezer overnight and then store the berries in a freezer plastic storage bag. Never freeze them all clumped up in a bag, because then you’ll have a tough time separating them if you need just a small amount at a time.