Blueberries are a summertime favorite and all you need is one-half cup to count as one serving of your 5 A Day. They are one of nature’s true convenience foods, because all you need to do is simply wash them and pop them into your mouth to enjoy their sweet/tart flavor.
Here are some ways to enjoy blueberries any time of the day:
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Breakfast:
- Top hot or cold cereal with blueberries
- Add blueberries to pancake, waffle, muffin, and breakfast bread batter
- Pour blueberries onto low fat yogurt or cottage cheese
- Pile blueberries into a cantaloupe half
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Snacking:
- Eat a handful of blueberries any time!
- Make a "super smoothie" with low fat yogurt, blueberries, and your favourite 100 percent fruit juice
- For a festive summertime drink, drop frozen blueberries in sparkling water or lemonade!
- Make really blue blueberry smoothies by mixing frozen blueberries with vanilla soymillk, regular milk or low fat vanilla yogurt
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Meals:
- Sprinkle blueberries into fruit salad
- Top a mixed green salad or pasta salad with blueberries
- Make a tangy blueberry sauce to serve with chicken, fish or meat
- Mix blueberries into hamburger meat for a yummy, juicy burger!
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Desserts:
- Use blueberries as a topping for angel good cake
- Make a blueberry sauce to top fresh fruit, sorbet, or low fat frozen yogurt
- Serve a beautiful dish of blueberries for dessert
- For a special treat, enjoy a piece of blueberry pie or cobbler once in a while
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Freezing:
- If you have extra blueberries you can freeze them to eat later. Wash them and let them dry before freezing. Arrange berries in a single layer on a cookie sheet and freeze. After they are frozen, transfer the berries to plastic bags or freezer containers.
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