Friday Fruit Spotlight: The Pineapple
For this week’s Friday Fruit Spotlight, we’re experimenting with a video blog instead of the traditional written version. We’d love to hear what you think. Also, the volume is a bit low on this video so you may have to crank up your...
read moreFriday Fruit Spotlight: The Sassy Strawberry
Fun Facts: Two are the most fascinating to me. One, strawberries are apart of the rose family. Two, there is an entire museum in Belgium just for strawberries. After knowing about this fruit, let us consider opening our own museum for it… Fruit Facts: Strawberries, like all berries, are high in antioxidants, those disease-fighting ninjas. The Strawberry is a bit of a 1-2-punch when it comes to its delivery of the antioxidants because it is very low in calories, low in sugar, and carries much vitamin C and potassium. On a hot, humid day,...
read moreSomething’s Pumping at the YMCA
There’s a new craze at the Franklin Family YMCA and it’s taking the fitness community by storm. It’s called Body Pump and it couldn’t be more “in.” For all you exercise aficionados out there or those of you who are looking to get your rear in gear (yeah I just said that), follow along my recent interview at the Y. ME: Alright, I keep hearing about this new Body Pump class at the Y, what is this thing? SUSAN SISTRUNK – MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR: Body Pump is a national craze. It’s a 60 minute full...
read moreFriday Fruit Spotlight: Prunus Persica, The Peach
Fun Fact: The saying “You’re a real peach” originated from the tradition of giving a peach to the friend you liked. I suppose it makes sense to give the person you treasure a peach considering all of the many health benefits. Fruit Facts: When you have a cold or temporary digestive slow-down, peach is a great go-to fruit. It contains 800 I.U. of Vitamin A. This gives support for your skin by bringing out the pigment and youthfulness, strengthening the eyes, and disease and cancer fighting systems. Supplements of Vitamin A are not...
read moreFriday Fruit Spotlight: The Bountiful Banana
Fun Fact: There is no such thing as a banana tree. Really? Bananas grow on plants. No way. They are actually herbs of the same family as lilies, orchids and palms. That’s a gargantuan herb… Fruit Facts: Bananas are one of the most nutritious fruits readily available all year long. They regulate many processes in the body with potassium including cholesterol, blood pressure, and even anemia. The list goes on. Fiber helps digestion in many ways while trytophan acids aid in keeping you rested and less moody from the stresses of...
read moreFriday Fruit Spotlight: The Passion Fruit
Fun Fact: Catholic missionaries in South America gave the fruit its name because they thought the flowers of the plant looked like the crown of thorns that was placed on Christ’s head. Passion fruit has many simple sugars which can help give you the right boost after a workout. The fruit also contains many antioxidants, vitamin A, much vitamin C, iron, and potassium (also important after exercise). An interesting thing about passion fruit is that it doesn’t grow just anywhere, it has to be in a tropical area, like Hawaii. It is a...
read moreBigger Than Smoothies
Every now and then, life offers us the chance to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. Last week, we took part in something much, much bigger than just making smoothies. A few weeks ago, a very sweet girl named Kristin who attends Brentwood Academy approached us with a request. She told us that one of her teachers’ husbands had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Kristin was determined to find a way to dig in and support this family. That’s where we came in. She asked if we’d be willing to donate a dollar...
read moreFriday Fruit Spotlight – The Mighty Blueberry
We’re introducing a new weekly blog feature called the Friday Fruit Spotlight. We’ll pick a different fruit each week, tell you some fun facts about it and explain what makes it so good for you. To start things off, we give you…the Mighty Blueberry! Fun Fact: Early American colonists made gray paint by boiling blueberries in milk. Edible paint? Sounds interesting. The fountain of youth, blueberries are among the fruits and veggies that have the most antioxidants. Antioxidants have gained popularity recently for the ferocious...
read moreBehind the Scenes: A Smoothie Shoot with Photographer David Bean
If you’ve ever been to 9 Fruits before, you’ve undoubtedly seen the smoothie pictures on our menu. They’re up there for a reason: to make you want to buy our smoothies. This kind of imagery is a necessary part of any restaurant’s menu. As you may know, we’re in the process of launching our second store location in the Lenox Village Lifestyle Center in South Nashville. The new store will get an entirely new menu design, which means….we needed some new shots of our smoothies to incorporate into the menu. So...
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