Strawberry - The Spring Shine

Allah almighty has given blessings of human being in shape of fruits, although there is no limit and no doubt each food blessing has its own value and importance. All fruits are different to each other in shape, size, taste and effectiveness; strawberry is also in such fruits, loaded with benefits of strawberries. You can see this delicious, tangy and delightful fruit in market from February to May that’s why if we say it “Strawberry – The Spring Shine” will not wrong. Strawberry is equally popular in kids and adults; even just its name makes your mouth watering. 😀

History

Juicy red strawberry fruit history traced back in 234 B.C when Virginia ships landed in Italy in 1588 and they discovered a fruit like berry there. After that, American Indian implants strawberry. Now many countries, including Pakistan are farming this delicious fruit.

How Strawberry Got the Name

There are many facts about how strawberry got its name and all explanations are very interesting. Some said straw were set up around berry to stand it so it called strawberry. Yet another interesting story is kids in London put up straw on the berry for selling and called it straw of berries. Therefore, it got the name strawberry. Due to its popularity Strawberry Festival is celebrated in many towns of North America.

Health Benefits of Strawberries Fruit

Apart from appetizing taste, this is also loaded with nutrition in which vitamin C, potassium and sodium included. Another health benefit of this fruit is low in calories. Strawberries are among the most versatile and luscious fresh fruits. Eat this succulent fruit in its raw form is also enticing and you can add it in different recipes like cake, ice cream, jam, shake, salad, smoothies and juice. One another healthy and super tasty drink that you can made is Strawberry Shortcake Smoothie.

How Freeze Strawberries?

Though strawberries are seasonal fruit, but you can enjoy it a whole year by frizzing it and can enjoy through out the year without any change in the taste.