August 29th, 2008 flowercarole
Some people ask if it is ok to freeze blackberries once picked and the answer is yes you can!
When freezing blackberries it’s best not to wash the fruit beforehand as they are prone to going mushy once defrosted.
Place the blackberries on a flat tray (one that is small enough to go in your freezer), arrange the blackberries on the tray ensuring that they don’t touch. Place gently into the freezer and allow to freeze for a few hours.
Once the blackberries are completely frozen, remove from the tray and place in either a sealed container with a lid on or a freezer bag with a tie.
Depending on what you want to do with the blackberries, you can either throw them in a smoothie (defrosted or frozen) or bake in a pie.
A quick free tasty smoothie recipe is blackberry and honeydew melon. Click here for the recipe.
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August 10th, 2008 flowercarole
Do you ever avoid buying certain fruits in the supermarket because you are not quite sure how to tell if they are fresh or ripe?
One particular fruit people tend to avoid is the beautiful pineapple fruit. This fruit not only smells fantastic it tastes wonderful too!
Top tips for choosing a fresh / ripe pineapple:
1. Have a good look at the pineapple it should have deep green leaves and be brightly coloured.
2. Avoid pineapples with brown leaves.
3. The pineapple you are holding should be heavy for its size and the skin should give slightly when you push it gently, but there should be no soft spots or areas that are squashy to the touch.
4. A pineapple should have a wonderful sweet smell at the stem end of the fruit.
Here are flowercarole.com we have some really scrumptious pineapple smoothie recipes for you to make. All our smoothie recipes are free to use.
Our pineapple, banana and coconut smoothie recipe is delicious and would be a good one to try out first.
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August 8th, 2008 flowercarole
An abundance of vitamin C in the diet may help lower a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.
In a study of middle-aged and older men and women, those with the highest blood levels of vitamin C were significantly less likely to develop diabetes over 12 years than those with the lowest levels, researchers found.
Fruits and vegetables are the main source of vitamin C in Western diets, and blood levels of vitamin C are good markers of fruit and vegetable intake, Dr. Nita G. Forouhi, at the Institute of Metabolic Science at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, England, and colleagues note.
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