Love Me Some Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Buying Your Strawberries and Produce Locally

2009-05-22T11:09:00.000-07:00

The importance of buying locally is becoming increasingly obvious to those who had yet to open their eyes. Global growth has brought good opportunity and items shared among cultures. But it's also brought on much waste and sustainability issues.

If you've read through my posts previously on this site, then chances are you've already made some chocolate gourmet strawberries.

But buying locally supports your close economy. It keeps the money helping out your neighbors, the local farmers, the smaller shops that support those growers. You can see what has happened with the mega-grocery stores and superstores that shall remain unnamed. The prices are a bit lower for some items. People flock to them. Dependable stores go out of business in the area because naturally they can't keep up that volume to cut prices to match.

What happens when there are no more small stores? There's no incentive for the big stores to keep all prices low at that point. And no loyalty to stay in town. There are examples of the stores packing up after knocking out all the other business options. The places become ghost towns. It's not a good deal for anybody.

Eating Right Is Important For Health

2009-05-22T08:01:00.000-07:00

We all have heard that refrain many times in our lives. Getting good nutrition from natural sources is key. And you know what? It is absolutely the truth. Food is the medicine you take every single day. It's true that even with a lot of organic foods, the soils are just more depleted of nutrients than in decades past. So sometimes supplementation is very important. A lot of companies have great products for getting all your greens, omegas, antioxidants in natural form, and many other helpful remedies. Eating good amounts of clean vegetables and fruits, such as strawberries, will help in that goal. And don't forgot that lots of research has found that good dark chocolate, in moderate amounts, has a lot of health benefits as well.

There's no need to be stuck with the allopathic pharmaceutical standard that the medical community has been built upon so forcefully in the last 70 years. Yes there are times when the drugs are necessary. But they are incredibly overused. Don't forget about herbal remedies which have existed for centuries in the Chinese and Indian cultures. So many of these techniques are more gentle and allow the body to expel the root of the problem over time, rather than simply masking the symptoms and keeping the true problem from being taken care of.

Famous Strawberries

2009-05-20T06:34:00.000-07:00

You have Darryl Strawberry - famous New York Met who had some personal troubles which shortened a remarkable talent's career. There is the famous Beatles song Strawberry Fields Forever. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of course, this title actually comes from the name of a Salvation Army children's house close to Lennon's home where he grew up. Naturally you can see John got additional inspiration from this location as the Salvation Army band figures in their songs too.

And then there's the old faithful chocolate strawberry pie. By making a bottom crust with an additional small layer of chocolate, you can then make your strawberry filling on top as normal. This creates a forkful of flavor when the pie is done. There are some recipes online to take a look at. Or you use your own ingenuity and whip some up. Always worth a try!

Your Own Hand Dipped Chocolate Covered Strawberries

2009-04-27T16:22:00.000-07:00

Making your own chocolate covered strawberries has a lot of benefits. Firstly, you control exactly what goes into your edible snack. There's no mystery which ingredients were used or where they came from. You go to the store, you find the ingredients, and you put them together. Simple. Plus, with chocolate covered strawberries , you are getting a healthy fruit snack with a bit of fiber to slow down the glucose into your bloodstream. This is better than snacks with a higher glycemic index or empty carbohydrate white sugar cookies with no nutritional value. By implementing some smart snack choices and following sound types of weight loss advice , you'll be on your way to a healthier and fun you. It takes a little discipline - there's no two ways about it. But anything worth a lot in life takes a bit of effort in the end.

Hand Dipped Strawberries Any Time

2009-03-03T12:21:00.001-08:00

Well, Valentine's Day came and went. My wife had ordered some chocolate dipped strawberries

 as a present for some clients. We've actually made our own a number of times. But in this case they were across the country and it was a lot easier to have them shipped by a company. There's a number of easy recipes you can search for online. But watch out! Some companies will stick you with a serious shipping charge and on top of that, they may not even use

real chocolate on their strawberries

!  Making your own is pretty rewarding in fact. It doesn't matter what time of the year. As long as the market has some decent berries, I pick 'em up and by the end of the day I have a couple dozen chocolate covered strawberries to enjoy for a while.