Ribena’s
been in the news this week. Like many people I naïvely thought it was vaguely
healthy, just pressed blackcurrants in a bottle, but it’s about to be banned by
Tesco as a sugar-laced contributor to obesity.
If you’re
looking for a weight watcher’s alternative I can recommend picking bilberries which
are in season now and will continue until late August depending upon the
weather. By the time you’ve picked them you’ll have lost more calories than you
might gain.
It takes about half an hour to get a cupful. Using a ‘bilberry comb’, sweeping through
the tops of the bushes, is much faster but less therapeutic and collects a lot
of unwanted leaves and twigs.
Last night’s
dessert was Greek style yogurt with bilberries and we’ll have some with our breakfast
cereals; purple milk is such a colourful start to the day.
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