The summer is in its full swing nowadays. People are inviting and entertaining guests to welcome the season. After delicious barbequed dinners most hosts wish to serve their guests a delicious dessert to end the meal with a sweet note. On these warm nights and hot days, some host think of serving the cold desserts like sorbet, ice-cream, gelato etc. These desserts are hot favorite items of summer.

On the other hand the guests are also health conscious nowadays. They like to eat sugary, fat or empty calories. The hosts respecting the guests then have to serve fruit based sorbets instead of fattening ice-creams. Sorbets no doubt are refreshing and delicious frozen pulp of fruits. They are nutritious and natural. What else could be better than this?

Here is an amazingly new and delicious idea! An advanced health trend is to increase the intake of antioxidants in the diet. Antioxidant is a substance that is found naturally in many foods. Antioxidants have the potential of preventing the destructive action of free radicals. Nutritionists have informed us that cells are damaged because of damaging act of free radicals; so they recommend eating around 3000-5000 ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) units daily. ORAC is a gauge to measure the antioxidant capacity of different foods. A food that is gaining fame quickly because of its high antioxidant content is Acai Berry. This is a berry with the highest ORAC score. It beats blueberry, pomegranate, cranberry and all other fruits. It has been a popular fruit of Brazil since centuries. The Brazilians have many different ideas of serving this fruit. One of the most famous Brazilian Acai dish is Acai bowl. It is frozen pulp of Acai Berry mixed with cane sugar and guarana syrup. Guarana syrup is a flavoring that is used in Brazil and extracted from the seed of guarana fruit. The mixture is basically Acai pulp with a nice sorbet like texture and berrylike flavor. Its favor is distinct than blueberry. Most of the times in Brazil this Acai bowl is served with sprinkle of granola and slices of banana.

A company run by Brazilians in San Diego named Acai Roots produces an Acai puree mixture in the style of Brazilian Acai Bowl.

So you can also impress your guests by serving Acai Bowl in the welcoming summer dinners. They will certainly recognize your concern about the health of the guests. It is quite possible that few of your guests get their first chance of tasting Acai at your dinner.