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Dream Dates
Dream Dates. Everyone wants one!
Dates are fat free
Dates are 23 calories each
Dates are full of potassium a necessary electrolyte (for you cardio freaks 🙂
“Potassium-Packed California Dates
Potassium is an essential mineral needed by your body to maintain muscle contractions, including the vital heart muscle. Potassium is also needed to maintain a healthy nervous system and to help with the body’s metabolism. This is an important consideration for physically active people because the body’s supply of potassium can be reduced through perspiration.
Eating California dates–an excellent natural way to replenish the body’s need for potassium. One serving of California dates contains 240 milligrams of potassium, or 7% of the recommended daily value (DV) of this essential nutrient. In fact, weight for weight, dates contain more potassium than do bananas.” (Information provided by: Oasis Date Gardens and The California Date Administrative Committee)
Well you know this time of year just BEGS me to rant about DATES… sweet dates, fresh dates, honey dates, carmel tasting dates, (for a hot date, however, you are on your own;)
Here is more date info:
http://foodfacts.mercola.com/dates.html
Dream Dates!
Dates are a biblical food! (look it up and let me know what you find). I got hooked on them years ago in Israel
…if you know me you know I’m obsessed with DATES and being a date connoisseur…
My personal favorites are Organic Medjool Dates…and not just any dry old date…they are NOT all created equal (just like real dates..LOL)
You have to find a good fresh honey dripping rich in minerals squishy one…
Don’t waste your calories on those dry dates that look-like-dried-leather and taste like old shoes…blech….
Fresh dates don’t even need to be dried!
Seek them out!
I was in death valley recently and I could not believe my eyes that they have a DATE FARM there with some pretty decadent HONEY dates…..
USDA food guide pyramid recommends 2-4 servings of fruit per day.
THE HARD AND STICKY PART:
Get your zipper bags out and get ready to portion your dates in bags of 5. They are so portable.
5 is the magic number.
A fruit portion of dates is 5 dates.
I used to hate dates, until I found the dreamy ones!
Recipe:
1/2 – 1 tsp raw almond butter
Slather on 1 big juicy organic medjool or honey date
That’s it.
Tastes like almonds + caramel.
Kiss your candy cravings buh-bye!
May you leave a trail o’ pits wherever you roam!
Want to Know More?
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