See "Red" on Valentine's Day

Alice Henneman, MS, Registered Dietitian and Extension Educator
University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County

http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciqred.htm

See "Red" on Valentine's Day and throughout the year. The Produce for
Better Health Foundation (PBH) calls red fruits and vegetables
"Red-hot and Healthy." They contain many health-promoting
phytochemicals including lycopene and anthocyanins. Some "red" fruits
and vegetables include red apples, cherries, cranberries, red grapes,
pink/red grapefruit, raspberries, strawberries, watermelon, beets,
red cabbage, red peppers, radishes, red onions, rhubarb and tomatoes.

For additional red fruits and vegetables and recipes, check the PBH
Web site at http://www.5aday.com

Some "red" ideas for Valentine's Day (or any day) include:

Pasta with tomato sauce

Tossed salad with red bell peppers

Tossed salad with cherry or grape tomatoes

Tomato soup

Cole slaw made with red cabbage

Cranberry sauce -- use that bag of cranberries in your freezer that
you bought when they were on sale

Oatmeal topped with a heart shape made of dried cranberries

Raspberry smoothie -- Put 3/4 to 1 cup plain or vanilla-flavored soy
yogurt in blender. Add a few tablespoons of frozen raspberries at a
time and blend until desired consistency. After blending, if desired,
blend in 1 or more teaspoons of sugar or artificial sweetener to
taste.


Pink/red grapefruit half topped with a sprinkle of brown sugar

Red grapes as a side dish to your sandwich for noontime nibbling
Strawberry Sauce
1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries, or partially thawed frozen
strawberries
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup confectioners sugar

In a blender, blend strawberries with lemon juice and sugar until
smooth.

Source: National Cancer Institute (NCI). For more recipes from NCI,
check www.5aday.gov