Celebrate National Strawberry Month with these Recipes
May is National Strawberry Month. Fresh strawberries are one of the most popular and refreshing treats anywhere and healthy too! Perfect for everything from cheesecake to mojitos to jam. And since the peak picking season starts in May, there will be plenty of juicy blooms. Here are some juicy tidbits about strawberries: Strawberries are high in Vitamin C. Eating eight strawberries is all it takes to consume 140% of a child's recommended daily intake of Vitamin C. Good thing my grandson loves strawberries. You can find them all over the U.S. Strawberries are grown in all fifty states. They are ar related to a popular flower. Strawberries belong to the Rosaceae flowering plant family, which is also the family of the rose. Strawberries aren't berries. Fruits that fall into the berry category have seeds on the inside, not the outside. They are very stimulating. The French are convinced that strawberries serve as a powerful aphrodisiac, so much so that it's a tradition in the ...