Mission to Save the Strawberry Tops!

I've always felt guilty about that little green star and the small juicy red flesh it held onto when I ripped off the strawberry top...But what could I do? It just wasn't appetizing to eat alone and looked kinda weird as the topping to a cookie with part of the red strawberry meat still attached.

I recently heard though that they are full of Vitamin C and other nutrients (of course! they're green right? ;) ) and they best way to easily incorporate them and reduce waste is to add them to your daily smoothie!!

What a great idea right??

I'm munching on a few now and saving the tops for tomorrow's smoothie. Yum.

Much love,
Natanya

Tags: smoothies, strawberries

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Permalink Reply by Rawdia on July 9, 2008 at 10:56am: lol! My mom doesn't eat a lot of junk food but when she does I do give her a hard time. :P; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by aililiu on July 8, 2008 at 12:56am: i always eat the tops :) its just more greens, right? ;); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by sunnied on July 9, 2008 at 10:28am: For breakfast breakfast this morning I blended up a lb of strawberries and poured it over chunks of golden and green kiwi. Very pleasing visually to see tiny green specs from the tops in the pink 'soup', not to mention delicious!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pink Lady Apple on July 9, 2008 at 10:38am: Blended strawberries, and tops, is also a great salad dressing all by itself. I use that occasionally. Delish!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by sunnied on July 9, 2008 at 2:18pm: Good idea, thanks!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Breanna on July 9, 2008 at 10:50am: Why not eat the whole strawberry? No reason to throw away part of a perfectly yummy fruit. I've been eating the tops for a while now, even before I went raw.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by BADASH climber on July 9, 2008 at 9:48pm: THIS IS GENUIS!!! Why have I never thought about eating the whole thing?!!!!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lovingNRG on July 10, 2008 at 12:38am: Kinda reminds me of that story of the woman who always cut more than was necessary off her Thanksgiving turkeys or something because its what her mother did who did that because its what HER mother did and she did it because her pan was too small!!! Suddenly, when we start to question illogical traditions we become able to think for ourselves again! silly us..; ▶ Reply to This