Recipes for your #ALLAMERICRAN Summer
Here are some fabulous and CRANlicious summer recipes to show you great ways to use our favorite fruit to beat the heat and stay on track. Eat to your health!
Chia seeds: Support healthy skin, promote digestive health, improve heart health, balance blood sugar, boost energy and exercise performance, build stronger bones, aid in weight loss, fight cancer growth, and enhance oral health.
Granola: Reduces cholesterol, boosts energy, prevents anemia, great source of vitamin E, great source of protein and fiber, helps with weight loss, helps increase, cognitive activity.
Greek Yogurt: Improves bone health, boosts metabolism, improves gut health, encourages good mental health, builds muscle mass, and lowers blood pressure.
Cranberries: Help prevent urinary tract infections, improve your digestion, may reduce bad cholesterol, can help prevent gum disease, could boost your immune system.
Oranges: Just one medium orange provides the RDA of Vitamin C for adults. They’re also a powerful antioxidant loaded with vitamins and fiber too!
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Our Salad bowl is simple, yet very nutritive. Just a few ingredients and some fancy slicing make you look a Michelin chef. You will only need: Some fresh farmer’s market baby greens, pear or apple, pecans, and cranberries. This meal is perfect for lunch and easy to slip into a mason jar for work or on the go. It is heart healthy, great for the gut, and very beneficial for the brain.
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When it’s hot in New England the beach is the only place to go to in the summer- unless you have this Popsicle. Packed with fresh fruit and no refined sugar it’s great for kids and adults. If you are going to the beach, prepare this simple recipe the night before to come to. The Mango Coconut Cranberry and Lime make for an amazingly refreshing and hydrating treat!
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You’re invited to an impromptu BBQ. What are you bringing?
Cranberry Apple Coleslaw! That’s right! Quick and Easy Cranberry Apple Coleslaw is the no hassle cool and creamy companion to take to all your summer BBQs. It is made with coleslaw mix, coleslaw dressing (buy pre-made or make your own using mayonnaise, vinegar, salt, black pepper), crunchy sliced apples, delicious dried cranberries, and just a sprinkle of scallions.
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Quinoa is gluten-free, high in protein and one of the few plant foods that contain sufficient amounts of all nine essential amino acids. It is also high in fiber, magnesium, B vitamins, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin E and various beneficial antioxidants. All you need to make this a meal is 1 cup dried cranberries, 1 cup broccoli florets, steamed. 2 tbsp chopped green onion, 1 cup walnut and 2 tbsp of olive oil.
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We hope this list of fast and easy summer favorites helps you make your jam-packed summer a CRAN-packed summer! Now quit reading this and get out there!
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