Since we’re finishing up berry month in one day, I thought I’d share a couple berry recipes with you from Driscoll’s Berries. Why should you celebrate berries? Because they’re delicious, and loaded with antioxidants that make them a very healthy food for your skin and body.
Blackberries are the last of the berries to come into season in our area. They’re just coming into season here, so this is perfect timing for this mouth watering recipe.
I love blackberry wine, and blackberry cobbler, yum! This recipe combines the juicy sweet taste of blackberries, with shrimp and mango.

Skewered Shrimp and Blackberries with Sesame …read more

I’ve been on a fruit and vegetable kick for the last week or so and have had a lot of fun looking up various recipes incorporating fruit (and sometimes veggies!) into desserts. I think this goes especially well with summer cooking, when so many sweet fruits are in season and could easily become a delicious after-dinner dessert all by themselves.
This video by chef Philip Anderson takes the fruit dessert a bit further by cooking a plum and berry crisp on an outdoor grill.
Using plums, blueberries, blackberries, and the usual crisp ingredients like oatmeal, flour, butter and brown sugar, he creates …read more

When I was growing up, we didn’t have much money and Mom was a master at making something from nothing. I can remember lots of Bean Soup dinners and while I might have thought, “Again??” as a kid, I absolutely respect what she was able to do, as an adult. It’s hard to feed a family, especially when kids would way rather eat a bowl of chips instead of a bowl of soup.
Mom and I did a Costco run this past weekend and she told me about a quick breakfast or desert that she has been making for herself. …read more

With most families on a budget, many are turning to good old fashioned road trips by car instead of more expensive vacations this summer. With gas prices lower than last year, piling the family into the car for a cross-country (or cross-state) vacation is a fun and affordable idea.
When vacationing, you should be both budget-conscious and health-conscious when it comes to food. It’s easy for kids (and adults) to fill up on chips, cookies and other snacks. Instead, try to think of healthy snacks.
Registered Dietitian Gloria Tsang, founder of online nutrition community HealthCastle.com, provides us with these five simple, healthy …read more

National Nutrition Month is a nutrition education and information campaign that focuses on the importance of making informed food choices.  It was created by the American Dietetic Association to be observed annually in March.
This March, Driscoll’s encourages you to make informed food choices by adding nutrient rich berries, such as blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries, to your daily diet.  What better food choice is there other than antioxidant-packed berries?  Don’t these look amazing?

Raspberry – Orange Muffins
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Bake Time: 20 Minutes
Cool Time: 5 minutes
Makes: 10 Muffins
1            6 ounce package Driscoll’s Raspberries
1 ¾        cups all purpose flour
1 …read more

I have a Hearty dessert recipe to share with y’all. It is summer, which means it is hot to keep things cool. I learned that saying last week, I am such a mom! Anyway, Fresh Fruit Kebabs…
You can dip them in sugar free cool whip and/or vanilla or chocolate sugar free pudding.
You can figure this one out, but I will let you in on the secret anyway.
Grab your cubes of watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, berries and bananas and thread them on the skewers. Wrap them up in wrap and place in fridge for about 30 minutes to …read more

Everywhere I turn on the Web, I see advertisements for Goji juice and now I see another berry juice that promises to help prevent atherosclerosis – sea-buckthorn berries. Indian researchers have developed a technique to produce sea-buckthorn juice that is high in anti-oxidants, flavonoids, and vitamin C.
British Heart Foundation nutritionist Sara Stanner:
The pulp oil also contains unsaturated fatty acids and plant sterols, which could help to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
In addition, there is evidence that sea buckthorn juice might help to protect ‘bad’ cholesterol from oxidation, a process which is involved in the development of coronary heart disease.
The oil has …read more