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!
High protein chocolate & strawberry muffins
Ingredients: (Yields 12) Ingredients: 125 g medium size fresh strawberries (room temperature) 1 tin butterbeans, drained and washed 3 large free-range eggs 3 Table spoons coconut oil 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 cup pitted dates,
Strawberry Moon & Rocket sticks for kids
Ingredients: (serves 8-10) 150 g butter melted, plus extra butter for rolling the balls 8-10 marshmallows 350 ml Strawberry flavoured popped rice cereal 200g fresh strawberries, rinsed, hulled and sliced 8-10 bamboo (sosatie) sticks Method
Malva pudding with a Strawberry butter syrup
Ingredients: 1x Malva pudding mix (bought from most stores) 200g fresh strawberries, to serve Strawberry coulis 250g fresh/frozen strawberries, rinsed, hulled and sliced 100ml water 1x vanilla pod, cut a thin line down the length
Baked camembert with a black pepper & rosemary infused strawberry syrup
Ingredients: 1x camembert 15 cm cotton string Rosemary sprigs (fresh), chopped Half a fresh lemon (skin for filling and juice for sauce) Black pepper, ground 2x sheets phyllo pastry 10 ml butter Sauce: 200 g
Savoury olive & strawberry bell pepper boats
Ingredients: 10x small peppers, halved and deseeded 1x small red onion 10x calamata olives, pips removed and cut into small bits Olive oil 5ml Fresh lemon juice Salt & Pepper to taste Method Cut the
How to freeze strawberries
Research has shown that by regularly including strawberries to your diet, you can reduce the risk of many chronic diseases, improve your heart health and lower blood sugar levels. It therefore makes perfect sense to
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!