Navel oranges, like grapefruits, can add a dash of flavor and a lot of healthy vitamins and minerals to your breakfast. Making a special breakfast is easy when you use navel oranges to dress up everyday dishes. You can also create elegant breakfasts whenever you have company staying over or have people over for holiday breakfasts. Making sweet and delicious breakfast dishes using oranges, tangerines and other citrus fruits is a great way to give the people you love a healthy breakfast that also tastes like a decadent treat. When you want to surprise your family and friends with a…
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When you are trying to eat healthy but still want a delicious treat try eating some Temple oranges. Temple oranges are a succulent type of orange that is only in season during the late winter. When the weather is cold and it seems like spring is never coming again you can remind yourself that warmer weather and sunshine are on the way by eating light and flavorful Temple oranges which taste like summer. Temple oranges, like grapefruit and other citrus fruits, are low in calorie and high in nutrients so even though you love the sweet taste you won’t be…
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Christmas morning Noel woke to the smell of coffee and pancakes. Jumping out of bed he ran downstairs to find out what Santa Claus had left him. To his surprise, there were no gifts under the tree that he and sister had decorated with tinsel, lights, ornaments and fresh rinds of lemon, lime and clementines. His father had once explained that lemons, limes and clementines were symbols of prosperity and good luck in the holiday season. Noel was always a little skeptical about the clementine part and thought they only said it because it rhymed. His mom took this supposed…
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The Honeybell orange is one of the rarest and most sought after fruits in America. It was developed by researchers in Florida who were studying fruit hybridization. The growing demand for oranges encouraged interesting experiments in labs across the state. The Honeybell is one of their great success stories. Though often referred to as an orange, the Honeybell is only half orange. Technically, it is classified as a tangelo, which means that it is half tangerine and half grapefruit. Since the tangerine is a small variety of the Mandarin orange, and most people don’t know what a tangelo actually is,…
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Only about one-third of Americans get the recommended two servings of fruit on a daily basis, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Tens of millions of us don’t consume any fruit, which is one of the reasons why the obesity rate in on the rise in the United States. Two out of every three Americans is either obese or overweight. And if the present trend continues, half of us will be officially obese by 2030! What’s the solution? Well, it’s surprisingly simple-we need to eat more fruit! But which fruits? As a general rule of thumb, the more…
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Eating Christmas breakfast together is a great family tradition, and Honeybells are the ideal fruit to serve as part of a traditional Christmas breakfast. Honeybells are a part of Christmas in many families because they are only in season for a few short weeks during the Christmas season. The Honeybell season is from late December through January, so Honeybells arrive just in time for Christmas. Honeybells are a super sweet and exceptionally tasty citrus fruit. The Honeybell was created by cross breeding a grapefruit and a tangerine, which gives the Honeybell a deep and vibrant orange color and the tangy…
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While most people think of serving fruit in terms of a fruit bowl on the dining room table, this concept can quickly become boring. There are many different ways you can serve fruit besides leaving it in a bowl on the table for your guests or family to grab as they come in the door or leave. In fact, when you get into the habit of doing nothing with fruit but putting it into a bowl on the table, eventually everyone will stop eating it. What you need to do is find other ways to serve navel oranges in order…
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When you’re sick of traditional spring time drinks use navel oranges to add new spark to spring time drinks. Spring and summertime beverages like lemonade and iced tea are great but after long weeks of drinking them every day they can get a little monotonous. With a box of navel oranges and some creativity you can liven up the healthy drinks that you need in the spring months to stay hydrated and refreshed. Navel orange juice is tangy and delicious, and it’s packed with minerals that will help restore the electrolyte balance in your body. When you sweat a lot,…
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There are very few kinds of food that go well with every meal. Mashed potatoes for breakfast? Not quite. Coffee with dinner? Probably not a good idea. Whether we realize it or not, we organize the food we ingest according to custom and tradition. Mostly, we learn these habits from childhood, never considering why or how they could benefit from some adjustments. Citrus fruit, particularly oranges, grapefruit, and tangerines, perfectly accommodate any meal. Including the richly luscious, wholesome and loaded with Vitamin C Ortanique. In fact, their nutritional benefits “work around the clock” – that is, there’s never a time…
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In addition to a robust flavor and satisfying sweetness, the different types of Florida citrus help make these crops among the favorites of consumers. From the humble beginnings of orange seeds brought to the Florida by Ponce de Leon in 1513 to the latest hybrids of mouth-watering oranges, grapefruit, tangerines and more, Florida citrus growers keep America and the world pleasingly supplied. Oranges Florida citrus grove owners produce several varieties of oranges including the popular seedless naval, the remarkably juicy Valencia and the tangy-sweet Temple. All oranges grown in the Florida citrus regions are renowned throughout the world as being…