A collection of healthy & delicious meals and snacks designed to boost you and your family's nutritional uptake.

Summer is here and with it arrives fantastic, fresh seasonal produce.We've got some briliant ideas for easy midweek meals,healthy barbeques,and irresistable summer puds.Plus lots of snack ideas to help keep energy levels high in between meals.Make the most of food festivals and local farmers markets to get your fresh ingredients,you will get the best flavour and quality for your summer feasts.

Seasonal Best-

Fruits First............Cherry Time!

Plump & juicy cherries are a wonderful snack plus they are naturally high in antioxidants so they provide great health benefits as well.They should be shiny and firm(not hard) and try to buy them with their stalks still on to get the best flavour.Eat them as they are or try our Cherry compote recipe as a delicious fresh dessert.

Cherry Compote

Ingredients:

Punnet of cherries

250 ml apple juice

Fresh greek yoghurt

Squash the cherries to remove the stones, place in saucepan with the apple juice and bring to a boil.Reduce heat and stri frequntly so not to burn.Cherries will reduce and get slightly sticky like runny jam.Pour warm compote into little dessert dishes and spoon over a few tablespoons of greek yoghurt.The thick creaminess of the yoghurt with the sweet cherry compote is divine.Perfect pud on a hot summer night.

Cherries are also known for their anti-inflammatory properties and the extracts are used in supplemental form such as

Cherry Active.They help with joint pain,arthritis,gout,fibromyalgia,and sciatica.

Peaches

Ripe & fragrant peaches are rich in Vitamin C and A plus the added benefit of providing fibre,essential for good digestive health.Choose peaches that are firm with a little give.

For a great Immune Booster try our Grilled Peaches and load up on Vitamin C.

Grilled Peaches

2 ripe peaches

5-6 fresh strawberries

Cut in half & de-stone the peaches.

Place on Barbeque or hot grill for 3-4 minutes until lightly browned.Slice up the strawberries. Place peaches onto dessert plate and spoon sliced strawberries onto the peaches.Yum.

Vitamin C is essential to help keep the immune system healthy.Vitamin C helps fight infection,makes collagen ( vital component in strong bones,skin and joints) and may help protect against cancers and heart disease.Smoking,alcohol and stress deplete Vitamin C from the body,it is very important to replenish this nutrient regularly to maintain good health.

Look at our selection of Vitamin C for a FoodBoost

Raspberries

Delicate,sweet soft fruits packed with flavour fibre & Vitamin C. Red, ripe raspberries are a wonderful fruit to take on picnics as they are so easy to pop into your mouth.Instant cooling sweetness.Choose bright plump berries and eat them up quickly as they can spoil rather fast.

Raspberries have anti-oxidant phytonutrients that help improve learning and motor skills.

5 / Day really is important!

Raspberry Smoothie

1 Banana

Punnet of Raspberries

250ml Soya or Rice Milk

1 tablespoon of Flaxseed oil ( plant omegas)

Place all into blender and pulse until smooth.

Place in freezer for 15 minutes to get a big icy blast.

See our range of high quality flaxseed & linseed oils.

Grapes

A terrific blood purifier,grapes are a great healthy snack as they are.They are easy to eat and very refreshing.

Choose from a variety of red, green or the really juicy black grape.They make a colourful addition to a crudite tray and kids always seem to adore a bunch of grapes.

Cottage Cheese Platter

1 tub of low fat cottage cheese.

Grapes(your choice of colour)

Strawberries

Kiwi friut

Mixed lettuce leaves

Slice the fruit.

Scatter the leaves on the plate.Place a large scoop of cottage cheese in the centre.Arrange the slices of fruit around the cottage cheese to create a colourful salad platter.