Category Archive: What’s Cooking

Every month the CDC highlights a fruit and vegetable that should be in a healthy diet. The vegetables of the month for March are leeks and green onions (also known as scallions). Green onions are immature onions used often in Asian cuisine. Leeks look…

Every month the CDC highlights a fruit and vegetable that belong in a healthy diet. February's fruit of the month is the star fruit. Gaining popularity in the US, most people have seen the star shaped tropical delight in your grocer's produce…

 
Every month the CDC highlights a fruit and vegetable that should be in a healthy diet.  February's veggie is Exotic Vegetables.  The CDC Fruits & Veggies Matter Website is highlighting three exotic vegetables this month: Calabaza Squash, Chayote Squash, and Bitter…

Every month the CDC highlights a fruit and vegetable that should be in a healthy diet.  January's fruit of the month is dried fruit. Drying fruit preserves many of the nutrients and prolongs the life of the fruit, but it is important…

Every month the CDC highlights a fruit and vegetable that should be in a healthy diet.  January's veggie is Tubers. Tubers are root vegetables such as yucca root, jicama, sunchoke, taro root, and water chestnut.  Because these vegetables are grown underneath the…