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Health Benefits of Blueberries

Healthy Cooking Blueberry Recipes:

Berry and Pear Crisp Recipe
Blueberry Apple Pudding recipe
Low-fat Blueberry Muffin recipe
Vanilla Custard with Blueberry Sauce

Blueberries

Blueberry recipes are healthy and delicious!   In addition, blueberries also contain anthocyanins and phenolics that can also act as antioxidants.  Delicious to eat fresh off of the bush, frozen as snacks or to use in recipes, blueberries are an ideal way to get valuable vitamins and minerals without sacrificing taste.

Blueberries may be used in a variety of recipes such as jellies, jams, blueberry pies, muffins, snack foods, and cereals. 

Tips to Using Blueberries:

1. Ripe blueberries should be stored in a covered container in the refrigerator where they will keep for about a week, although they will be freshest if consumed within a few days.
   
2. Always check berries before storing and remove any damaged berries to prevent the spread of mold.
   
3. Do not wash berries until right before eating as washing will remove the bloom that protects the berries' skins from degradation.
   
4. Do not keep berries at room temperature for more than a day, as the berries may spoil.
5. Ripe blueberries can also be frozen, and eaten late frozen as a quick snack or used in blueberry recipes such as muffins, pies and cobblers.
   
6. Before freezing, wash, drain and remove any damaged berries. Spread the berries out on a cookie sheet and place in the freezer until frozen, then put the berries in a plastic bag for storage in the freezer. Berries should last up to a year in the freezer.

Where To Purchase Blueberry Plants:

Farm Fresh Living: Offers organically grown blueberry plants, free from pesticides.Container grown plants are shipped using Fedex.

Stargazer Perennials: Oregon nursery that grows a large selection of perennials, plants, blueberry plants and strawberry plants.