Incorporating More Dried Plums in Your Diet: Moist and chewy, California Dried Plums are a great addition to any meal or snack. Try some of the following:

• Drink to your health: Prune juice, and fresh plum juice, has many of the health benefits of dried plums and they both taste great. Keep some prune or plum juice in your fridge at home and at the office.

• Snack on them: California Dried Plums are delicious straight from the bag or box. They are portable, convenient, and require no prep work or refrigeration. Keep a bag in your car, office, cupboard and gym bag to always have some fruit on hand.

• Top It Off: Use plump, pitted dried plums atop oatmeal, on cold ready-to-eat cereals or with sliced bananas on pancakes.

• Bagel Spread: Add chopped, pitted dried plums to apple butter, orange marmalade, peanut butter or low-fat cream cheese for a flavorful and nutritious spread for toast or bagels.

• Perfect Pitas: Include halved, pitted dried plums in turkey or chicken salad for a tasty pita sandwich filling.

• Sensational Side Dish: Sauté pitted dried plums with onion and apple slices for a flavorful accompaniment to chicken or pork.

• Better Batter: Add chopped, pitted dried plums to any muffin or quick bread batter for a hint of sweetness and extra fiber.

• Dazzling Dessert: Soak pitted dried plums overnight in orange juice. Spoon over low-fat ice cream or frozen yogurt in stemmed glasses.

Dried plums are a particularly good source of fiber and other nutrients important for good digestive health. Here’s why:

• Dried plums are beneficial to digestive health because they contain fiber. They contain about 3g of fiber per serving (4-5 dried plums). The fiber in dried plums is made up of approximately 50% insoluble and 50% soluble fiber, both of which are crucial for a healthy digestive system. Insoluble fiber remains intact in the digestive system, so it helps to move food through the system. Soluble fiber mixes with water to become viscous (slow-moving); this aids in the absorption of nutrients during digestion. Click here for more information on fiber in our “10 Steps You Can Take to Build and Maintain Digestive Health” page.
• Dried plums are also high in plant substances called polyphenols. Some polyphenols are antioxidants that protect DNA against damage, decrease inflammation and may prevent cancer.

New recipes are posted periodically, come back soon for new recipes with California Dried Plums and visit the California Dried Plum Board web site for more ways to include dried plums in your cooking.

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