Well some of you may have noticed that a while back I posted about healthy fats, as part of chocolate-covered-Katie’s Hug-a-fat month. Well it’s back, this time it is all about hugging fruit.
Well this one is easy for me! We need no reminding as to why fruits are so good for us- fibre, water, vitamins, anti-oxidants and countless other micro-nutrition elements that have yet to be discovered. Plus they are amazing! Such variety, colours, textures, flavours that I defy anyone not to like any fruit.
Even listing my favourites takes ages; I love mangoes, pineapples and papayas for a tropical treat. I love blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and nectarines for a taste of summer. I love dark cherries for a total treat! I love kiwis for a filling addition to lunch. I love crisp crunchy apples for a refreshing change. Or an apple sliced and spread with some peanut butter (more fat lurve) or some other nut butter. I love pears (from a tin even) sprinkled with cinnamon. In the winter I love clementines- that orange smell is delicious. I didn’t even mention bananas- they are my staple on holiday when I am hungry! Plus they are so good in Rachel’s
I even like some dried fruit (although only the kind without sulphur in it)- raisins go so well in porridge, dried cranberries go so well in cookies with white chocolate, dried mango is so good. I like the graze boxes because you get a little punnet of dried fruit with nuts too, so it’s not a total sugar high like it can be on its’ own. (Plus if you go to www.graze.com and enter this code KKJX34JF you can get a free box- bonus!)
I love fruit on its’ own. I love fruit with yoghurt. I love to make fruit into a smoothie. I love an apple with muesli and milk. I am getting addicted to fake frozen yoghurt (whiz up frozen fruit with a choice of yoghurt, soya yoghurt or custard- in the photo it is frozen raspberries blended with chocolate soya). I love it in things like muffins, pancakes, sauces (for a treat though not every day!). Fruity cheesecakes are delish.
So there you go- hug some fruit! But be careful especially if it is an over-ripe banana as it might go a little squishy.
I am still deciding what to do with my blackcurrants. I am thinking some kind of cheesecake as something about the tartness of blackcurrants goes well with the creamy mixture. May make some kind of cheesecake mix and cook the currants a bit as a kind of sauce, maybe some granola instead of the base? I had better decide soon before they go funny!
Today this is the fruit I have had (to keep with the theme)- raisins and apple at breakfast (see pic above), raspberries, strawberries and nectarines at lunch and cherries in the evening (I spread the pics out to make it look pretty).
Beside the fruit I have been to aerobics which was nowhere near as hot as last week, been to work, and watched some football. Cool.
