This week our 38 Power Foods Group continues on it's healthy eating exploration with berries: blueberries, strawberries, blackberries and raspberries.
Every week a small group of bloggers is working its way through Power Foods: 150 Delicious Recipes with the 38 Healthiest Ingredients, by Martha Stewart and the editors of Whole Living Magazine.
If you are interested in joining us, contact Mireya at My Healthy Eating Habits. We'd love to have you join us.
If you are a berry fan, be sure to check out what these other participating bloggers have cooked up:
- Alyce @ More Time at the Table
- Ansh @ Spice Roots
- Jeanette @ Jeanette's Healthy Living
- Jill @ Saucy Cooks
- Mireya @ My Healthy Eating Habits
- Sarah @ Everything in the Kitchen Sink
- Casey @ Bookcase Foodie
- Bambi @ Adobo Down Under
While strawberry recipes are abundant, recipes using blueberries, raspberries and blackberries are not, which is something I plan on working to change.
Naturally low in calories and rich in fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, berries rich beautiful jewel colors hold the secret to their many health benefits.
The same compounds that give blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries their rich colors provide the antioxidants believed to help counter the risks of cancer, heart disease and brain deterioration due to aging.
Instead of obsessing about which berries contain which phytonutrients, I think it's easier to remember to eat from the rainbow, incorporating as many different colors into your diet as possible.
Here are a few of the ways I love to enjoy strawberries, blueberries and raspberries:
I love them for breakfast on top of cereal, or yogurt...
On toast with laughing cow cheese and honey...
Layered into a parfait...
Stirred into muffins...
As topping for baked French toast...
At lunch or dinner tossed into salad...
Or made into salsa...
The desserts and sweet treats you can make with blueberries, blackberries, strawberries are endless. They're excellent on their own or with a dollop of whipped cream. Here's a sampling of my favorite Weight Watchers friendly desserts with Berries
Easy strawberry shortcake cookies
Weight Watchers Skinny Raspberry Squares
Ellie Krieger's enlightened ricotta cheesecake with berries
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
More Weight Watchers Friendly Berry Recipes
- Mixed Berry Crumble (Weight Watchers)
- Red, White, and Blueberry Trifle (SkinnyTaste)
- Verde Coco Berry Smoothie (Everyday Maven)
- Whole Wheat Blueberry Scones (Clean & Delicious)
Sources
- World's Healthiest Foods
- Eating Well Healthy Berry Recipes
- Power Foods: 150 Delicious Recipes with the 38 Healthiest Ingredients
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Jeanette
I love berries of all kinds - love seeing all the different ways you enjoy them!
Mireya Merritt
Martha,
You have a lot of great ideas for using berries. The Skinny cobbler sounds particularly tempting!