Courtesy of the BC Blueberry Council, my daughter and I just had a lovely Tuesday affair with blueberries! The media event aimed to promote awareness on the health benefits of blueberries by excitingly sharing with us the endless possibilities of healthy blueberry recipes! Our day felt like we were in blueberry heaven!
Dubbed by BCBlueberries.com as “Nature’s Candy”, the natural sweetness of blueberries not only wins in the taste category, but also in health benefits. It is on the top list of the most potent “superfruits”, having loads of antioxidants that help prevent our bodies from getting numerous health problems and even serious diseases like cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and anything that may involve brain function. And because antioxidants take care of our cells, they help slow down cell aging. Now, that’s a revealed beauty secret!
When we arrived at the interactive event, we had a very refreshing Blueberry Margarita. I’m impressed that blueberries are great healthy treats to star in countless smoothies, brews, and more cocktail drinks!
Then my daughter helped make ‘Nana Berry Smoothie, Cookie Monster Face, and Blueberry Soba Noodle Salad. The Soba was a surprise for me, because I never thought it would deliciously work!
While the Cookie Monster Face is a fancy way of eating blueberries on their own, with some blackberries and yogurt on the side. Love it!
We also tried Blueberry Superfood Salad and Blueberry Turkey Burgers. The Superfood Salad inspired me so much to combine all the healthiest ingredients in the world into a great recipe because it’s just so rich with goodness and is tasty too! We also discovered that blueberries can be in awesome entrees with pork, lamb, fish, and poultry! Yum! I seriously can’t wait to try them at home.
The last part of our wonderful blueberry recipe experience was probably the most fun part since my daughter loved it most. We decorated Blueberry Cream Cupcakes! I promised to myself that our family can give in to decadent desserts once in a while, as long as they have blueberries in them!
These are just a very few number of amazing blueberry recipes that you can find here.
We’ve definitely gone through a lot of blueberry magic in every part of a complete menu. These awesome blueberries definitely can belong anywhere and stay yummy! We learned that blueberries are not only great for desserts and beverages, because they also give a lot of surprises and possibilities in soups, salads, entrees, sauces, and baby food! Whether warm or cold, and even with all kinds of tastes other than sweet, a touch of blueberry in every recipe is never a food mistake.
This very valuable and educational cooking event effectively highlights the BC Blueberry Council’s core mission to continuously grow and develop BC’s blueberry industry, which supports our local blueberry growers. That being said, my daughter and I are looking forward to another meaningful blueberry event like blueberry picking!
Very cool ideas; I wouldnt have thought to use blueberries in different ways like that!