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Vietnamese Wild Blueberry Iced Coffee by Marnely Rodriguez-Murray
How do you know when summer starts in your neck of the woods? For us it’s when we start sipping on iced coffees! But the classic iced coffee is boring to me, watered down and not as tasty as this Vietnamese Wild Blueberry Iced Coffee Recipe that we’re sharing… Read More
Wild About Frozen Blueberries by Hannah Kaminsky
For today’s post, Hannah Kaminsky of BitterSweet shares a delicious summer recipe with us using Wild Blueberries. I’ve been feeling blue lately… And rather happy about that! Blueberries are abundant once again and my appetite for the sweet, mildly tart and tangy berries is insatiable. For as many punnets as… Read More
New Cookbook Cooking Light Chill: Smoothies, Slushes, Shakes, Juices, Drinks & Ices Has Great Recipes Using Wild Blueberries
Shaun Chavis shared with us the inspiration behind Cooking Light Chill. How did the idea for Chill come about? Why a cookbook with recipes for healthy smoothies, slushes, shakes and juices? SC:One of the things Cooking Light does so well is to show people… Read More
What’s Frozen Good For? Wild Blueberry Baking (Among Other Things)
Got a taste for something sweet, flaky, and not so big that it will spoil both dinner and breakfast the next day? The Hartford Courant’s Linda Giuca has the right idea. Over at the Courant, they are just close enough to the heart of wild blueberry country (Maine, Quebec and… Read More
Jam: Winter’s Taste of Summer Relies on Frozen
Fruit jams are sometimes referred to as “summer in a jar”, and no wonder. Jam is fruit in the extreme, providing a perfect taste bud boost when spring is still several long weeks away. Even those who didn’t share in an annual canning ritual during the summer months can take… Read More
February 12th: Perfect Day for Pancakes
From Buttermilk to Berry, Pancakes are a Seasonal Tradition February 12th is Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day, which marks the first day of Lent. It’s traditionally a day to use up cupboard staples before fasting – a perfect day for pancake making. Any day is a good day to celebrate… Read More
Beat the Blues With A Mood-Lifting Blue Smoothie
While scientists have discovered that part of happiness is genetic, it remains clear that part of our daily share of cheerfulness stems from the choices we make. One of those choices is our diet: accumulating evidence suggests that what we eat every day may have the power to keep the… Read More
Eat Fruits & Veggies When You Need Them Most
5 Ways to Increase Your Daily Cups When It’s Cold Outside When the mid-winter freeze is in full swing, it’s easy to wax nostalgic about the fresh fruits and vegetables of summer. Holding onto warm-weather memories may be one reason we tend to eat fewer fruits and veggies in the… Read More
There’s Something About Vinaigrette
Wild Blueberries Kick Up Greens & More There’s something about vinaigrette – specifically, blueberry vinaigrette – that sends many recipe seekers to Wild About Health. In fact, there are as many of us searching for this twist on vinaigrette as there are searching for pie or cobbler. It seems blueberry… Read More
Purple Potatoes, “The Newsroom” & Plenty of Wild, Healthy Blues: Our Top Ten Posts of 2012
What posts had the biggest impact on our readers this year? The top ten posts of 2012 included everything from purple potatoes to HBO’s “The Newsroom”. We’re pleased to have been a part of sharing health and nutrition research, news, information, fun stories and recipes with you during the past… Read More