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Blueberries are a powerful and versatile fruit.  They can be added to breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner and dessert!  Blueberries can be juiced or added to smoothies, eaten fresh and raw, dried, frozen, and even cooked.  Add blueberries to yogurt, granola, or cereal.  Make blueberry waffles, pancakes or muffins,  Eat them frozen, fresh or dried as a snack (great for lunchboxes too!)  Toss them in a salad, use them as to make a sauce over fish or chicken.  Make a Healthy Blueberry Pie or crumble.  Top a tart or cake with them as they are decorative too!  Serve them over ice cream.  Add them to champagne.  And the craze now is the Blueberry Burger!

Cooking may boost their antioxidant power.  If they are cooked, then eat them (pancake, waffle, muffin, syrup, a sauce for fish, or desserts) while warm because cooling affects the beneficial properties of the antioxidants.  If baking, dust the fresh berries with flour to keep them from sinking to the bottom.

The scientist who discovered the secret power of blueberries, Ronald Prior, PhD, also the head of the USDA Phytochemical Laboratory at Tufts, recommends adding one-half cup of blueberries to your diet every day!

Lower on the glycemic index than other fruits, blueberries offer Vitamin C, fiber, folic acid and a powerful antioxidant.  Eat them frozen, fresh, or dried.  Fresh Blueberries should be kept in the refrigerator. 

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Blueberries contain the powerful antioxidant and flavanoid Anthocyanins.  Antioxidants neutralize free radicals and help prevent diseases and ill-effects of aging, cancer and heart disease. The most powerful antioxidants are phytochemicals.  Anthocyanins are the phytochemical that gives Blueberries their distinctive rich color.  Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants! 

Just one-half cup of blueberries offer as much antioxidant value as FIVE servings of Peas, Carrots, Apples, Squash, or Broccoli. 

Blueberries:

  • May slow down and reverse some effects of aging.
  • May help protect against cancer.
  • Contain Ellagic acid which can inhibit the growth of tumors (as studied in laboratory mice.)
  • Are a good source of Vitamin C and fiber.
  • Help prevent urinary tract infections (they stop bacteria from attaching to the bladder, like cranberries.)
  • May protect against brain damage from strokes.
  • Are key to healthy vision.  Studies are showing that blueberries can reduce eyestrain and improve night vision.  There is a story I read that in WWII the Germans were being hit hard and when they asked how the eyesight of the English was so good, they were told they were eating carrots.  That's where the story of carrots being good for our eyes started.  Actually, they were stationed by bilberry bushes (similar to blueberries) and those offered great value for their nighttime eyesight, so it wasn't really the carrots at all.  (Oh, and radar had been invented, that helped too!)
  • Are native to North America and were eaten as a food and used as medicine.

Wild Blueberries contain even more of the antioxidant properties.

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Delicious Organics offers Blueberries frozen, fresh, and dried so we always have blueberries on hand so that our family gets the power of these fruits daily and so you and your family can too!
 
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Organic Wild Blueberries

America's #1 Antioxidant Fruit - Healthy, Delicious & Convenient
They're packed with antioxidants!  Vital Choice organic blueberries are triple-washed and ready to use directly from the bag.  Vital Choice Individual Quick Frozen (IQF) blueberries are packaged in convenient one pound bags, which yield approximately 3 1/2 cups. They are versatile and do exceptionally well in the freezer, so keep plenty on hand and enjoy them often!Buy Alaskan Halibut

They're great for baking, smoothies, or added to your morning cereal.  Wild blueberries from Eastern Canada are smaller and sweeter than commonly available cultivated blueberries--up to three times more berries per pound.

Keep some in your freezer all the time - Kids love them frozen as snacks!  Use them frozen in smoothies (by themselves or with bananas), breakfast pancakes or muffins, syrup for pancakes (just add with some maple syrup and cook until they pop) or as a delightful compliment to the world's finest salmon!

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Organic Just Blueberries are great as a snack—but don't miss adding them to your favorite dishes and recipes. They plump up, looking and tasting like fresh when added to baked goods and cereals.

These blueberries are bright blue, crisp, sweet morsels jam-packed with health benefits. Blueberries are cholesterol-free and virtually fat-free, a good source of potassium, fiber and vitamin C. No wonder blueberry popularity is soaring!

Add dried blueberries or raspberries to your morning cereal (hot or cold)—they plump up, looking and tasting like fresh. Devine when tossed into fruit sauces, fruit salads, yogurt, smoothies, muffins, coffee cake and desserts of all kinds.

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  Zenergy News Extraordinary Blueberry Crisp
  • 4 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups rolled oats (I prefer the slow cooking oats, but the quick cooking ones are great too!)
  • 1/3 cup butter (soft is best)
  • 3 tbsp. brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp. flour

    Directions:
  • Mix the vanilla and 1 tbsp. flour with the blueberries and place them in an 8X8 pan. If you use frozen blueberries, use 2 tbsp. of flour.
  • In a separate bowl mix oats with brown sugar, cinnamon, 1 tbsp. flour and adding butter last. I like to use my hands to mix these ingredients to keep the oats in tact and thoroughly mix in the butter.
  • Once the oats mixture is combine to a crumbly mixture, pour it evenly over top of the blueberries in the pan.
  • Place in oven heated to 350, bake for 30-40 minutes...frozen berries will take a bit longer to cook through (maybe 5-10 minutes more, check the center!)
  • Serve warm or hot (with ice-cream, milk, cream, soy, or yogurt.)

    This is a great desert for when you need something quick and easy...and YUMMY!
 		  
     
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