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!
Fish burgers with a strawberry, cumin & honey sauce
Ingredients: 2x Fish medallions 1x Egg 1 Cup oat flour or bread crumbs Salt & black pepper 5 ml Cape Malay curry powder Farm butter Olive oil 6x Burger Bunds Fresh lemon slices, to serve
Mini Sweet & Savoury choc & strawberry layers
Ingredients (makes 10) Strawberry sauce 125 g fresh or frozen strawberries chopped 45 ml granulated sugar 2.5 ml cinnamon powder Filling & layers 250 ml fresh cream 30 x black sesame rice crackers (salted) Lemongrass-Choc
Avocado, Grapefruit & Strawberry salad with a honey & black pepper sauce
Ingredients: (Serves 4) 1x large ripe avocado 1x grapefruit 12x fresh strawberries, washed, hulled & sliced Sauce 30 ml raw honey ¼ teaspoon rainbow black pepper corns Method Plan to make this recipe 30 minutes
Quick Strawberry & Cream ‘Cake’
Ingredients (serves 4) ½ cup washed and chopped fresh strawberries 16 Tennis biscuits ½ cup orange juice 1¼ cup beaten whipped cream ½ cup pecan nuts ¼ cup brown sugar ¼ cup water Method Place
Strawberry infused set-custard
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh strawberries, washed and hulled Custard 15 ml gelatine powder 60 ml water 4x egg yolks 50 g sugar 400 ml full cream milk (keep ¾ cup separate) 100 ml fresh cream
Strawberry & Coconut Peda’s (A delicious Indian sweet)
Ingredients Strawberry compote 200g fresh or frozen strawberries chopped 20 ml sugar 10 ml corn flour 5-10 ml fresh lemon juice Pedas 30 ml butter or Ghee ½ cup warm milk ½ cup Oat flour
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!
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