The Extraordinary Berry
Discover what our fresh, flavorful berries have to offer.
- Drizzled with balsamic vinegar and tossed in a salad (goat cheese optional)
- Blended in healthy smoothies
- As a topping for cereals, pancakes, and waffles
- Baked into pies, muffins, pastries, cobblers and all manner of delectable treats
- Preserved in a flavorful jam, especially when getting overripe
- In a trifle with creamy vanilla yogurt, angel food cake and dark chocolate shavings
- As the flavor base for a coulis to enhance savory dishes or sweet desserts
- As one of the healthiest, low-calorie snacks you can imagine!
We put these blueberries in a blender to incorporate more blueberry flavor into the salad. We leave the blueberry chunks in the dressing, which makes the dressing a little coarser. But you can strain the blueberry chunks out of the dressing for a more refined salad dressing.
This blackberry-based marinade is a great balance of sweet and spicy. Making a bigger batch of the marinade does double duty and gives you a head start on getting dinner to the table. Adding a simple salad and steamed green beans make a no-fuss dinner ready in a flash.
This retro-inspired pastry brings together a luxuriously sweet vanilla raspberry filling, a small hint of orange zest, and flaky puff pastry. Sprinkle the turbinado sugar add a golden crunch and finish this dessert off with a dollop of whip cream.
Strawberries
Berry Healthy Besides being low in calories, strawberries are high in vitamins C, B6, and K as well as fiber, folic acid, potassium, and amino acids. Strawberries also contain high levels of nitrate which can increase blood and oxygen flow to muscles.
Berry Interesting
- Native Americans enjoyed strawberries centuries before European settlers arrived. Strawberries were eaten freshly picked or baked into cornbread.
- Botanically speaking, strawberries are not a fruit at all. The fleshy, edible part of the plant is actually part of the flower.
Blueberries
Berry Healthy Blueberries are unanimously hailed as a superfood. Low in calories, and high in antioxidants and fiber, blueberries are currently being studied for an impressive array of health benefits.
Berry Interesting
- July 11th is National Blueberry Muffin Day. Why wait to celebrate? We have delicious blueberry muffins almost every day in our bakery department.
- Blueberries are prized today for making natural food dyes. In colonial times, blueberries were boiled in milk to create grey paint.
Raspberries
Berry Healthy High in fiber and low in calories, these sweet and satisfying berries are also a great source of Vitamins C, K and E, and boast anti-inflammatory properties. Raspberries are rich with the flavonoids quercetin and gallic acid, which are thought to be beneficial for heart health.
Berry Interesting
- They are ancient. Thought to have been eaten since prehistoric times. Cultivation in Europe and American began in about the 1600s.
- They are numerous. Over 200 species exist today.
- They are colorful. Red is by far the most popular hue but raspberries can also be purple, gold, or black.
Blackberries
Berry Healthy With one of the highest levels of antioxidants of any fruit or vegetable, the micronutrients in blackberries are being studied for many possible health benefits. You can also count on blackberries for Vitamins C, K and lutein.
Berry Interesting
- In Old English, blackberries were called “brambles” due to the thorny canes upon which they grew.
- As far back as ancient Greece, blackberries were used to treat gout and, until the 17th century, were known as goutberries.
- Left unmanaged, blackberries form nearly impenetrable thickets which are sometimes used as hedgerows to keep out intruders.