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 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
Haloumi & strawberry toast
Ingredients 1 Slice oat bread (rye or wholegrain) 2 Slices haloumi Butter Lemon slices Fresh strawberries, sliced To serve Red spring onion Lemon zest Method : Fry the haloumi in butter and lemon juice until
Strawberry & Lemongrass shortbread squares
Ingredients: Crust: 1 Cup Cake flour 3 TBS confectioners’ sugar ½ Cup butter, chilled and cut into small blocks ½ TSP pink salt Topping: 1 Cup fresh strawberries, hulled & cut in half ½ Cup
Strawberries, cream and tennis
Ever wondered why strawberries and cream is served at Wimbledon tennis tournaments? The winning combination of strawberries and cream was introduced in 1509 by Thomas Wolsey – an English statesman and Catholic Bishop – also
Strawberry & Blueberry Lemon Pie
Ingredients Strawberry filling 250 g Fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced into quarters 250 g Fresh blueberries 100-125 ml Granulated sugar 3 tbsp Corn flour 30 ml Lemon zest 10 ml Fresh lemon juice 1x Egg
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 – the heart-shaped fruit that is good for your heart
It is a known fact that heart disease is the most common cause of deaths across the globe, and studies have found a correlation between strawberries and improved heart health. According to studies conducted in
Load up on goodness
Red, heart-shaped, with a sweet-sour aroma Strawberries have inspired delicious culinary creations for decades. Part of the rose family, these fruits are very aromatic and refreshing. And absolutely loaded with health benefits too. Because they
Family Fun this Christmas – with Strawberries
Make Christmas a fun event for everyone who is joining the festivities this year. Christmas is the time of year when there is a combination of laughter and excitement, people from far and wide, and
Summer Sun and Strawberries
With the turn in seasons, the sun is shining with some great force again. Summertime invites us to show skin and enjoy the outdoors. It also requires us to take care of our eyes and
Snack on the Good Stuff!
Do you also find it difficult to choose between all the good-looking snacks that are found on the shelves at your local grocery store? It is even more difficult when you know that whatever you
The Colour Red, Strawberries and Pure Love
Red is a colour of extremes and represents power, adventure, desire and best of all - LOVE! Strawberries are naturally a bright red colour, and is an ingredient of extreme adventure to any dish, desired