A Winter Alternative to Fresh Fruit

January 18, 2008

Consuming fruits and vegetables is easy in the summer when everything is fresh and readily available. What do you do in the middle of winter?

A convenient option is dried fruit. Like fresh, dried fruit contains lots of fiber, vitamins A and C, potassium and folate.

Dried fruit is a portable snack and in the kitchen it can be added to salads, pancake batter, bread recipes or a bowl of cereal.

Dried fruit may contain more calories per serving than fresh and some dried fruits are preserved with sulfite, which can trigger allergic reactions in some people, so read the package label.

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