For a green, kale is unusually high in fiber. This helps create the bulk you need to feel full and sustain you between meals. Kale is also an excellent source of nutrients, especially vitamin A and calcium. NOT to mention, it’s also one of your best sources of beta-carotene, one of the antioxidants believed to help thwart cancer, heart disease and certain age-related chronic diseases. Have you hopped on the kale bandwagon? What cinched it for you?
What’s Eeyore’s favorite veggie? Artichokes: Hearts or leaves?
Did you know the artichoke is part of the thistle family? Considering how tasty they are, we can’t imagine why our favorite thistle-loving donkey, Eeyore, was always so down. How would YOU prepare artichokes to cheer him up?
When is winter squash grown?
Winter squash is a summer-growing annual vegetable, representing several species within the genus Cucurbita, including butternut, acorn, spaghetti, calabaza and delicata. It differs from summer squash in that it is harvested and eaten in the mature fruit stage, when the seeds within have matured fully and the skin has hardened into a tough rind. Do you have a favorite winter squash?
Do you ever get the jic-jic-jicama?
Native to Mexico, Central and South America, jicama has long been cultivated by Mesoamerican civilizations. Only the jicama root is edible; the rest of the plant is poisonous. Okay by us – we like to slice the apple-like flesh of the jicama root into matchsticks and toss it with chili powder and lime juice for a snack. How do you jicama?
Secret of the bell pepper rainbow?
Red, orange, yellow and green bell peppers actually come from the same plant! Green bell peppers are harvested early before they’ve fully ripened, giving them their bitter edge, while yellow and orange hang on slightly longer, with reds being picked last, making rich in sweetness and nutrients! Do you have a pepper preference?
