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, Polenta & almond buttery muffins
Ingredients: 170 g butter, softened 170 g brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract ½ tsp almond extract 2 eggs @ room temperature 120 g self-raising flour 60 g fine polenta (yellow maize
Strawberry Oatmeal Pizza
Ingredients: Oatmeal Cookie base 1 ½ cups rolled oats 1 cup whole-wheat flour or corn flour ½ tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp baking soda ¼ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt 1 large egg 2/3
Hands-on board Strawberry SMASH!
Hands-on board Strawberry SMASH! Ingredients: 250 g fresh strawberries, washed and hulled Pinch of ground Black pepper Pinch of pink rock salt Fresh mint 15 ml pecan nuts, broken 15 ml dark chocolate, chopped Merinque
Blueberry-coconut-flour cake with a Strawberry-Cream-cheese frosting
Ingredients: Strawberry sauce 450g strawberries washed and hulled, keep whole 1 tablespoon honey Pinch of pink Himalayan salt Cake (for a one-layer cake) ½ cup coconut flour 3 large eggs 5ml Vanilla essence ½ teaspoon
Cocktail Strawberry & Nut Twirls
Ingredients: 250 g fresh strawberries, washed and sliced ¾ cup brown sugar ¼ cup fresh lemon juice Two sheets of store-bought puff pastry 15 ml chopped pecan nuts 15 ml roasted coconut shavings, broken into
Clear Strawberry & Noodle Soup
Ingredients: 1 kg strawberries washed and hulled, keep whole 60 ml light brown sugar 1.5-liter water 2 ml chili (fresh or dried) 5 ml dried red pepper (not hot) ½ lemon’s juice 15 ml Corn
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