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Cost Saving Tips
Buy frozen
TIPS FOR DAILY USE
Look for sales on
fresh raspberries
Grow your own at
Add to Smoothies
Topping for desserts like frozen
Raspberries
home! yogurt, pudding or pound cake
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Topping for a salad or make
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a vinaigrette
Use in breakfast items like
Nutritional Content muffins, pancakes, waffles, and
yogurt
Freeze fresh raspberries
by washing them, placing them
Great source of Vitamin C on a cookie sheet and freezing
Excellent antioxidant them until frozen. Once frozen
source, which help prevent cancer!
place in a zip-lock bag until
Great source of riboflavin, folate, niacin, magnesium, ready to use.
potassium, copper, and manganese—all needed What is a Superfood?
for a health body! A natural food that is especially
Jacqueline Barnwell beneficial because of its level of
Plentiful source of Jaclyn Dickriede antioxidants and health-protecting
dietary fiber (Fiber binds to bad cholesterol Rachel Duque
and gets rid of it!) Neda Kashenian qualities.
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History of the Growing Packaging
R asThe raspberry
Grow in full sunlight and in well-drained,
sandy soil.
Watering the plants frequently will improve
Make sure the
berries are not packed too tightly.
Fresh berries are packaged in clam-shell
originated in Asia, fruit size and increase production. containers
Do not grow raspberries within 600 feet of
Europe and North Make sure that the container is not wet
wild berries to
America. Their growing prevent diseases or stained when purchasing.
season is in the summer spreading between
and the fall. your berries When to Buy Fresh!
and the wild ones. Purchase in the store or market two
Raspberries are a very flexible fruit days prior to use.
and are easy to grow at home; however Choose raspberries that are firm, plump
they are very fragile. One berry is actually Harvesting Raspberries are ready for and deep in color.
many tiny fruits that are held together by Avoid the berries that are mushy, or
harvest when they can be easily pulled from the
tiny hairs. It is recommended to use fresh moldy.
raspberries quickly because that is when vine without being damaged and are bright red How to Eat
they have the most Vitamin C. in color. Raspberries can be harvested from mid-summer Right before eating wash the raspber-
until the first frost.
ries gently with a
sprayer or with
Where to buy? light water pressure
At local grocery store or Wash them right
farmers market before eating
Raspberries can be found Keep in refrigera-
year-round, either in the tor until ready to
fresh fruit section or with the use; do not leave them
frozen fruit at room temperature