The Fruits Of Late Winter

By now everyone is probably craving fresh fruits.It's been a long cold winter and for most of us , the only sweet treat has been and covered in icing.Luckily, you can buy a variety of fruits right now. Thanks to it being late Summer in the Southern Hemisphere, supermarkets can sell a variety of fruits.Of course we have oranges and grapefruits coming in from California and Florida.These have been great in not only providing us with Vitamin C but also fiber.Yet by now we craving the earthy sweetness of blue berries and strawberries and thanks to South American farms, we can have them.Many food writers urge people to eschew these, because they feel that these imports are somewhat inferior.Not true.The strawberries are just as juicy and tasty as their Jersey counterparts during the height of the season here..You can easily add them to cereal or enjoy them with unsweetened yogurt as a super heAlthy dessert.The same with the blueberries.Use them in salads or light desserts or just eat them plain.They're fine, they 're not harboring any life threatening bugs either. Apples and pears are also out there right now.Try to buy organic ,however even just the regular kind is fine.With the apples you can get several different types from Braeburns to Fujis.Apples are a great snack whether for the office or school.They're also perfect for when you're really craving sweet and reach forvthese instead of for a cookie or doughnut.Pears are another refreshing good for you nibble.They are also great as an unexpected ingredient in any salad as weldor gracing a chicken and mayo sandwich.Some markets are offering plums.Again these probably are being imported from South America.They are just as juicy and as candy sweet as their American cousins so buy them as a nutritious snack.Plums also make a nice change of pace from the other fruit. Break free from all those winter desserts of cakes, cookiesand pies.Get back into the habit of eating fruit again.They're a healthy and refreshing change of pace in a late winter diet.