Got a touch of the January blues? Fear not, we're here to help you beat it with Janu-berry!
Not only are berries packed with vitamins, folic acid and potassium, they also make a tasty addition to so many different dishes.
Check out some of our favourite berry recipes this month.
1. Berry Morning Starter
Get your day off to a great start with this super filling treat!
Ingredients (serves 1)
- 125g pot of natural low fat yogurt
- 1/2 banana
- 1 cup of Keelings strawberries
- 1 handful of Keelings blueberries
- 1 tsp oats
- 1 tsp. of chia or linseed
- 1 tsp. wheat germ
How to make it:
- Slice a banana and chop the berries
- Place the yogurt, fruit, oats, chia or linseed and wheat germ into a blender or food processor
- Blend the ingredients until they are fully incorporated and no large chunks of fruit remain
- Pour it into a glass, serve the smoothie
2. Chicken and Strawberry Salad
A tasty weekend salad with a strawberry twist.
Ingredients (serves 4)
For the fresh strawberry dressing:
- Handful of Keelings strawberries
- 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- 1-2 teaspoon honey
- 2 tbsp olive oil
For the salad:
- Romaine lettuce leaves
- 2 cooked chicken breasts sliced
- 1 avocado sliced
- 1-2 red onion chopped finely
- 1 cup of Keelings strawberries sliced finely
- 2 tbsp of pinenuts
- 60g feta cheese crumbled
Method
Dressing: Place dressing ingredients in a blender and process until puréed.
Salad: Combine the lettuce, avocado, onion, pinenuts, feta, chicken, and strawberries together in a bowl. Divide the mixture between four plates.
Top each salad with about 4 tsp. of salad dressing, serve and enjoy!
3. Blueberry Cheesecake
A midweek treat the whole family will enjoy!
Ingredients (serves 2)
- 1 punnet of Keelings blueberries
- 1 lemon, finely grated zest and juice
- 4 digestive biscuits, crushed
- Knob of butter, melted
- 2 tbsp. icing sugar
- 125g-mascarpone cheese
Directions
- Heat the blueberries, caster sugar and 1 tbsp. of the lemon juice in a saucepan
- Heat gently until the blueberries start to burst. Take off the heat and leave to cool
- While blueberries are cooling, mix the digestives and melted butter together
- Spoon biscuit mix into 2 tall glasses
- Add the remaining lemon juice, rind and icing sugar to the mascarpone cheese and stir through
- Spoon the lemon cheese mix on top of the biscuit
- Then spoon blueberries onto the cheese and pour over the berry syrup
- Store in fridge until ready to serve.
