Raspberries are low in calories, contain no fat and have several health benefits. Here are some super simple ways to include raspberries into your diet.
Why You Should Include Raspberries in Your Diet – According to this article, “Just one cup of raspberries has only 60 calories, no fat, and 50% of the vitamin C you'll need for the day.” Additionally, raspberries are high in fiber and magnesium and easy to grow. The above article also suggests ways to incorporate raspberries into your diet, including simple recipes for a raspberry vinaigrette dressing and raspberry smoothies.
Here are a couple of my own suggestions on ways to include raspberries in your diet.
I love adding berries to my breakfast cereal, especially raspberries and blueberries. To make it even more nutritious, make sure you add the raspberries to a healthy breakfast cereal. Mixing raspberries in oatmeal is also delicious.
The above raspberry article provides a simple raspberry smoothie recipe, but here’s another raspberry smoothie recipe you can try.
There are a few different ways you can go about making raspberry iced tea. The quickest way, though not the most healthy, is to simply add a handful or so of frozen raspberries to the bottom of your glass and then fill with premade iced tea. I like this method because the frozen raspberries act like ice cubes, making for a cool and refreshing drink. I say this isn’t the healthiest way to make raspberry iced tea because of all the added sugar from the premade iced tea mix. You can also add frozen raspberries to a pitcher of premade iced tea, or freshly picked raspberries for that matter.
For a healthier raspberry iced tea, make your own by following these directions:
Ingredients
7 cups of water
6 teabags (use your favourite type – green tea, white tea, orange pekoe, etc.)
2 cups of raspberries (frozen, fresh picked, store bought – doesn’t matter)
Sugar or preferred sweetener (to taste)
½ a lemon (optional)
Mint (optional)
Directions
Bring water to a boil on the stove.
While you’re waiting for the water to boil, place raspberries in a heatproof juice pitcher (keep a handful of the raspberries to the side for later).
Once the water has come to a boil, add teabags and let steep for 5-10 minutes, depending on how strong you like your tea.
Remove teabags and slowly pour into the juice pitcher. Add sugar to taste, or omit the sugar for a healthier option.
Place in fridge to cool.
Once cooled, add the remaining raspberries on top, as well as sliced lemon or mint.