Life may be “just a bowl of cherries” as the old song says. On the flip side: Cherries may help promote life!
It’s cherry season; choose plump, sweet Rainiers or deep-red Bings. Cherries contain not only fiber and some vitamin C. As part of healthful eating and living, other substances in cherries—anthocyanins, quercetin, among others—may offer sweet benefits, too, promoting heart health, reducing cancer risk, and perhaps reducing arthritis symptoms or pain. And their natural melatonin may even help put you to sleep. What a cheery, cherry thought!
Today, or any time of year, put cherries in your life.
- Refresh with a cherry-berry smoothie: Blend equal amounts of frozen or canned cherries, frozen strawberries, and cran-cherry juice drink.
- Add fresh or dried cherries to slaw, precut greens, or spinach salad.
Cherry and Hazelnut Salad
- 1 pound fresh sweet cherries, pitted* and sliced
- 6 cups mixed lettuces
- 3⁄4 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
- 1⁄2 cup chopped toasted hazelnuts
- 1⁄3 cup vinaigrette salad dressing, homemade or purchased
In a large bowl, combine cherries, lettuces, cheese, and hazelnuts. Just before serving, drizzle salad with vinaigrette and toss lightly. Makes 6 servings.
*A cherry pitter makes it easy!
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