3 berry-packed recipes to kick start your New Year

Got a touch of the January blues? Fear not, we're here to help you beat it with Janu-berry!  Not only are berries packed with vitamins, folic acid and potassium, they also make a tasty addition to so many different dishes. Check out some of our favourite berry recipes this month. 1. Berry Morning Starter Get your day off to a great start with this super filling treat! Ingredients (serves 1)

• 125g pot of natural low fat yogurt
• 1/2 banana
• 1 cup of Keelings strawberries
• 1 handful of Keelings blueberries
• 1 tsp oats
• 1 tsp. of chia or linseed
• 1 tsp. wheat germ

How to make it:

• Slice a banana and chop the berries
• Place the yogurt, fruit, oats, chia or linseed and wheat germ into a blender or food processor
• Blend the ingredients until they are fully incorporated and no large chunks of fruit remain
• Pour it into a glass, serve the smoothie

2. Chicken and Strawberry Salad A tasty weekend salad with a strawberry twist. Ingredients (serves 4) For the fresh strawberry dressing:

• Handful of Keelings strawberries
• 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp black pepper
• 1-2 teaspoon honey
• 2 tbsp olive oil

For the salad:

• Romaine lettuce leaves
• 2 cooked chicken breasts sliced
• 1 avocado sliced
• 1-2 red onion chopped finely
• 1 cup of Keelings strawberries sliced finely
• 2 tbsp of pinenuts
• 60g feta cheese crumbled

Method Dressing: Place dressing ingredients in a blender and process until puréed. Salad: Combine the lettuce, avocado, onion, pinenuts, feta, chicken, and strawberries together in a bowl. Divide the mixture between four plates. Top each salad with about 4 tsp. of salad dressing, serve and enjoy! 3. Blueberry Cheesecake A midweek treat the whole family will enjoy! Ingredients (serves 2)

• 1 punnet of Keelings blueberries
• 1 lemon, finely grated zest and juice
• 4 digestive biscuits, crushed
• Knob of butter, melted
• 2 tbsp. icing sugar
• 125g-mascarpone cheese

Directions

• Heat the blueberries, caster sugar and 1 tbsp. of the lemon juice in a saucepan
• Heat gently until the blueberries start to burst. Take off the heat and leave to cool
• While blueberries are cooling, mix the digestives and melted butter together
• Spoon biscuit mix into 2 tall glasses
• Add the remaining lemon juice, rind and icing sugar to the mascarpone cheese and stir through
• Spoon the lemon cheese mix on top of the biscuit
• Then spoon blueberries onto the cheese and pour over the berry syrup
• Store in fridge until ready to serve.