The South African Strawberry Growers’ Association
Choose a Healthy Lifestyle, Pick Strawberries!
The heart-shaped silhouette of the strawberry is the first clue that this fruit is good for you. These potent little packages protect your heart, increase HDL (good) cholesterol, lower your blood pressure, and guard against cancer.
Packed with Goodness
Packed with vitamins, fiber, and particularly high levels of antioxidants known as polyphenols, strawberries are a sodium-free, fat-free, cholesterol-free, low-calorie food. They are among the top 20 fruits in antioxidant capacity and are a good source of manganese and potassium. Just one serving – about eight strawberries – provides more vitamin C than an orange.
Fresh Recipes
Looking for a fun way to expand your culinary skills? Look no further! Strawberries can be used in many different ways and we have just the ideas you’ve been looking for!
Strawberry fondue!
Ingredients: 250 g Frozen strawberries, thawed ¼ cup Fresh cream 5 ml Corn flour 5 ml Lemon juice Little cups with fresh fruit & bits of cake Method Place the strawberries, cream, corn flour and
Strawberry Parfait with marshmallows
Ingredients 1 cup Marshmallows, small 200g Sugar 500 g Fresh strawberries, washed & hulled 6 Eggs, 4x yolks and 2x whole 2 Cups fresh cream Fresh strawberries to serve Method Line a narrow bread tin
Upside down strawberry & poppyseed cake
Ingredients: 2 cups cake flour, sifted 2 cups brown sugar ½ cup poppy seeds 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 2 large free-range eggs 1 tsp sea salt 1 cup buttermilk (or full
Strawberry Ice Cream sandwiches
Ingredients: (serves 10) Chocolate chip cookies, store bought Strawberry Swirl Ice cream Frozen strawberries Method: Buy the best quality home baked chock-chip cookies you can find. I bought an Italian strawberry Ice cream. Scoop Ice
Strawberry Muesli
Ingredients: Muesli 1 Kg rolled oats 1 Cup sunflower seeds 1 Cup coconut shavings 1 Cup nuts of choice (I used pecans) ½ Cup pumpkin seeds 1 Cup dehydrated strawberries 1 Cup raisins Sauce: ½
A Strawberry Christmas Gift
Ingredients 2-3 350ml Glass jars 500 g Fresh strawberries, washed & hulled 1 cup Mineral water 1 cup Light brown sugar Method Place the glass jars in a sink. Boil enough water to coat all
Did You Know?
This member of the rose family isn’t really a fruit or a berry but the enlarged receptacle of the flower. Choose medium-sized berries that are firm, plump, and deep red; once picked, they don’t ripen further. First cultivated in ancient Rome, strawberries are now the most popular berry fruit in the world. In provincial France, they were regarded as an aphrodisiac. These red gems may be good for your heart in more ways than one.
Nutritional Benefits
Not only are strawberries delicious to eat, but they also come packet with goodness for you and your family. Browse through or Nutritional Benefits blog, and find even more reasons to make strawberries part of your daily intake!
Strawberries can aid with weight loss
Strawberries are known to be very healthy and contains very little sugar and is high in fibre. All factors that contribute to keeping blood sugar levels regulated and assist in weight loss. Another weight loss
Strawberry tea helps to boost digestion
A healthy digestion plays a crucial role in weight loss and the fibre in strawberry fruit can aid sluggish bowel. Poor digestion can lead to weight gain, as we are not able to absorb and
What is the true origin of the strawberry shortcake?
Well, summer is on the way. Bringing with it strawberry season and delectable strawberry shortcake! Strawberry shortcake can take on many forms, it can be a scone-like cake, a sponge or a thin biscuit with
Young at heart with strawberries
Endothelium is a thin membrane that lines the inside of the heart and blood vessels. Endothelial cells release substances that control vascular relaxation and contraction of the heart, veins and arteries, playing a major role
Strawberries promote eye care
The Vitamin C found in strawberry is good for the eye health, especially in children. Another reason why strawberries are the perfect snack, or addition to their diets. The vitamin C protects kids eyes from
Strawberries help keep the mind sharp as we age
As we age, our brain can experience changes that result in impairments in remembering, learning new things, and concentrating. Even making decisions that affect our daily lives can become a challenge. These impairments are due