Excuses!
It's been a few days since I wrote a blog. But I had a good excuse. Well, I mustn't exaggerate… I even had more good excuses. What about the fact that I had to go to the dentist. If you know that I have had an extreme fear of the dentist all my life, then you understand that my mind was not on blogging. First, that dentist visit had to be behind me. Believe it or not, but that is something that can really keep me awake for a week. When such a visit is over, then I am also completely devastated and I really have to recover. It doesn't matter what needs to be done. In fact, I've actually never had to deal with seriously painful treatments in my entire life, except for the one time that a wisdom tooth had to be surgically removed by an oral surgeon. Even that had positive effects afterwards.
Dogs & The Garden
Well, that was one thing that kept me busy. And that was not so much fun, but the reason was of course that I mainly had to keep myself busy so as not to fall into worrying. So that meant a lot of spending time with the dogs. Lots of work in the garden. And the garden, that is currently a feast for my eyes!
We have had strawberry plants for a number of years, but this year is the first year that we have bought special containers for the strawberries. These containers hang in a rack so that the strawberries can hang over the edges. Strawberries that hang freely do not rot, unlike strawberries that ripen on moist sand. We wanted to give it a try, see if it would really make much of a difference. And I can tell you… YES it really makes a big difference.
Delicious Strawberries
It's just a joy for my eyes to get out and see those beautiful red strawberries hanging, waiting for me to pick them and sink my teeth into them. Delicious! I like a lot of fruit, but strawberries, oh man… that's seriously one of my favorite fruits. In recent years I have not been able to enjoy strawberries as much. The few strawberries we had ourselves gave some, but not enough to even think about baking a cake, or even eating a well-filled bowl of yogurt with strawberries. So we had to wait until the day that it would work with the strawberries. And that's NOW!
Our summer queens are doing great.
When I finished yesterday at the dentist, I went home. Dogs are happy of course, and then we went into the garden. The strawberries just looked at me and finally I was allowed to relax again, I had survived it again, the dentist was over again. So time for..
A bowl of comfort food!
Freshly picked, unsprayed strawberries in a bowl of Greek yogurt with stevia powder for the sweet touch!
Yes the Stevia is my sugar substitute, and 100% natural. No, I don't use this every day. I'm looking good. Life is expensive enough already. Stevia is certainly not the cheapest sweetener, but yes. Occasionally you have to treat yourself. I'm not a fan of sugar, but it's nice with a bowl of yogurt with strawberries. To still have the sweetness, I use Stevia instead.
A few more fun facts:
- Strawberries are special. They taste sweet, but contain very little fructose! Ideal!
- Strawberries are full of antioxidants and vitamin C
- Strawberries contain anthocyanins, which are the dyes that give the strawberry its red color. Blueberries also contain this. But the great thing about these anthocyanins is that they are good for your short-term memory.
- Strawberries are rich in quercetin. This substance can help you to reduce or even eliminate symptoms that occur with an allergy, such as red eyes, itchy eyes and a runny nose. In addition, it can also help to renew poorly functioning cells.
- The ellagic acid in strawberries ensures a fresh, young radiant skin
- One last fact, strawberries contain a lot of nutrients, but very few calories. They can therefore be used to lose weight quickly.
It looks like my bowl of comfort food wasn't such a bad idea after all! I think for the next few days/weeks/very often I'll be eating healthy comfort food!
Have a great day!
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Nice! I love strawberries and I was super happy to find a big box here for just 1,27 I think it was.. They haven't had them in days now though. Time to hunt for a new one as now I'm having cravings thanks! :)
Lol ... I hope you're able to find them for a nice price to fulfill those cravings.
Wow, they look tasty.
I love a bowl of strawberries but wasn't aware of the various benefits to health and weight loss. I'm gonna buy some organic strawberries today I think inspired by this post.
P.s. I saw you on listnerds. Will follow ur account so that I see you in my hive feed as well 🙂
Oh, believe me. They taste even better than they look!
Thank you for the follow, Listnerds is bringing great things for those who are open to discover new content.
Wow those are lovely shots you shared its really njce
Thank you for the compliment for the shots. They are nothing too special ... but the strawberries, they are special. Lol.
Oh I absolutely love strawberries!!! Enjoy!!
Thank you! I'm enjoying them every day! And it really seems that everyone is loving strawberries.
I really like strawberries so thanks for the reminder about how good they are nutritionally. I like them with some plain nonfat Greek yogurt. And I drizzle a little raw honey on them too.
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confort food is confortable :))
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I love strawberries especially freshly picked. I am going to have some on my cereal this morning. Thanks for sharing.
Oh, yes fresly picked strawberries are the best. On cereal they also taste delicious!