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The Best Vegan Recipes With Blueberries 

by Fabian Jackson

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Everything you need to know about these sweet, sharp and flavourful berries, plus some of our favourite vegan blueberry recipes.

How and where do blueberries grow?

These small and powerful berries grow on bushes of the Vaccinium corymbosum plant. Native to North America, they were only introduced to European farms slightly under 100 years ago. Our native European cousin, that we often refer to as blueberry, is actually called bilberry. Although very similar to look at, the wild-growing bilberries have up to four times as many antioxidants as blueberries and far tangier in flavour when eaten raw. 

blueberry bush

We’re not alone in loving this fruit, around 15000 tonnes of blueberries were sold in the UK last year, which is up from just over one thousand a decade ago.

Are blueberries good for you?

These fresh, low calorie and bite-sized berries are often labelled as superfoods and here’s why:

  • They’re packed with antioxidants – in fact, they’re believed to be the fruit with the highest percentage of antioxidants  
  • High in vitamin C –  key in keeping cells, blood, skin and bones healthy
  • A good source of potassium – great for removing excess sodium from the body which can lower blood pressure 
  • They act as an anti-inflammatory 
  • And can lower the risk of heart disease and even cancers 
  • They even help maintain brain health and improve memory 

Read more about superfoods from our nutritionist, Aly, here. 

blueberry ice lollies

Vegan blueberry recipes 

We can’t get enough of blueberries here and we would (and have) happily eaten them all through the day in as many ways as possible. Here are just a few of our top vegan recipes with blueberries to try at home:

blondie

blueberry pancakes

Photo credits: Choosing Chia
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By Fabian Jackson
Fabian Jackson

Fabian is one of our lovely Content Marketing Assistants who loves writing almost as much as he loves coffee, old episodes of Escape to the Country (no judgement here), and cooking up a storm in his kitchen.

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