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Salvaging Strawberries

Strawberries are great the first day in the fridge, but they soon turn ugly.

The fruit loses its firm appeal and bright red color to turn slightly purple. If you'd rather not cut and sugar them to maintain their taste, another solution is juicing. Squishing the liquid from berries removes the texture problem but maintains the sweet, thick and brilliant red juice.

On its own, strawberry juice feels a little extravagant to drink. However, blended with other fresh juices, this tasty elixir elevates a standard juice to something really unusual. I tried juicing strawberries with grapes at first, then watermelon and finally, orange. Each of them was delicious, but strawberry-orange, pictured here, is my favourite, probably because the slight tartness of the oranges combines well with the sweet strawberry taste.

If only strawberries and blood oranges were in season at the same time, this could be the ultimate juice combination. As it is, strawberries and the usual oranges from the produce section make a pretty potent combo.

To make the juice, you need only a few strawberries with a couple of oranges for a small glass. Enjoy this juice in early summer because the strawberries don't last for long.

Read the Nutritionist's Note for this recipe.