Start Eating Temple Oranges for a Healthy Treat

August 8, 2012 robot Fitness

Temple oranges are a healthy treat that you can eat without feeling guilty. You can also give them to your family and be sure that your family members are getting great nutrition in a healthy treat that they will love to eat. Temple oranges are in season from February through late spring and are the perfect healthy treat to help you get back in shape for the warm weather. Temple oranges, like grapefruits, tangerines and other citrus fruits, are low in calories and are packed with vitamins and minerals that can keep you and your family healthy. Each medium sized Temple orange has about 80 calories, which is a lot less than most snacks. Kids love the sweet taste of Temple oranges and they are great to pack in school lunches or in backpacks for after school snacks. You can also keep some in your purse or in the car so that healthy snacks are easy to grab whenever you or the kids are hungry.  Temple oranges can also be used to create some delicious healthy treats that can be used as snacks or desserts like:

Orange popsicles – this is a great treat when the weather starts to warm up. Just juice some Temple oranges and leave plenty of pulp in the juice. Pour into plastic popsicle makers that you can pick up at any home store for very little money and freeze. Sweet Temple oranges make healthy but wonderfully refreshing popsicles that are ideal for dessert and also make great snacks.

Sorbet – Another delicious frozen treat that you can make is a sorbet. Just boil fresh juice from oranges and grapefruit or tangerines with some sugar to make a simple syrup and then refrigerate it until it has a slushy texture. Your kids will love this delicious treat after playing outside and you’ll love it after a great workout. Super nutritious orange juice will help your body recover from vigorous exercise so treat yourself after you workout to this low calorie sweet dessert.

Orange smoothies – If you don’t usually have time for breakfast you can still get a nutrition packed snack in the morning by whipping some Temple oranges with some frozen fruit and yogurt. Use protein rich Greek yogurt if you want a smoothie with a thick and delicious texture. Orange segments and the juice from a couple of Temple oranges blended with berries and yogurt is a nutritional powerhouse that is low in calories but will keep you full until lunch.

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