Blogs Posts in Fruits category; 49 blog posts

Region boosting fruits and veggies

The Durham Region Health Department is launching a campaign this fall entitled, 'Vegetables and Fruit. Real Food. Real Fast. Real Good' to remind Clarington residents that eating vegetables and fruit is healthy, convenient and de [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Peppers are healthy

The word “pepper” refers to members of the genus Capsicum and makes us think at two flavors: sweet and hot. Originally from Central and South America, pepper was spread worldwide by Spanish and Portuguese sailors. The pepper [...]

Posted On : Sep, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Flowers, Fruit and Fall Foliage

A garden without viburnum is akin to life without music and art." So says well-known horticulturalist Michael Dirr, Ph.D., and who am I to argue? Since declaring his love of viburnums, Dirr has gone one step further and devoted one of [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Plum perfect - How to harvest the juicy summer fruit

'Why did you steal the plums?' I asked my eleven-year-old son. 'To stop the wasps getting them', he replied, poker-faced. Quick wit saved his bacon but the real reason for scrumping my prize fruits was that ripe plums are just too delicious [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Fruit stand heaven

Keremeos is remembered annually by the vacationing public for the gauntlet of fruit stands that have lined Highway 3 for decades. In the Okanagan, Kaleden’s section of Highway 97 used to be known as “fruit stand alley” wh [...]

Posted On : Jul, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Natural fruit fly solutions

I managed to go 16 years of having my own kitchen without ever getting a single fruit fly. Two weeks ago I left some cantaloupe rinds in a bowl on the kitchen counter all day, and my 16-year streak ended. Ewwww. I thought of the nasty, yel [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

The Importance Of Fruit And Vegetables

Everyone knows that fruit and vegetables are important, as essential building blocks of any diet. Not only are they loaded with vitamins and minerals which are essential for healthy living, but they also help fill you up, as part of a balan [...]

Posted On : Jul, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

A Fruitful Diet - The Many Benefits of Fruit

Looking for something to turn back your internal clock by increasing your vitality and improving your appearance? Of course there's no Fountain of Youth, but research suggests that nature has provided us with an answer that comes very close [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

starting to feel better

Happy Tuesday, everyone. I’m starting to feel a bit better today – I went to work which was an accomplishment. This morning I also realized that I had part of my appetite back. I went across the street to Bread [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

The Principles of Eating Healthy

Deciding a healthy diet can be difficult as every single person is different who likes different things. For example, even though a healthy diet may consist of sprouts, there are some people who just cannot stand them so there has to be an [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Sweet and spicy fruit salsa

Fresh salsa is one of my favorite foods. For many years, my father and I practiced and practiced perfecting our salsa recipes. It became part of our bonding time together. Does it need more green chilies? Does it need more jalapeno? Ah, the [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Wonky fruit and veg back on supermarket shelves after EU cla...

Strawberries or apples for making jams and pies at home which in the past were not available because of cosmetic imperfections will now be sold despite their misshapen appearance. New EU marketing regulations come into force on July 1 whic [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Tropical Fruit of Bali

Bali has an abundance of fruit with many varieties that are a lot more interesting than just your average apple or orange. Tropical fruits come in strange colours, shapes and textures, yet each is quite exotic in its own way. Just about ev [...]

Posted On : Jun, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

FORAGING FOR FRUIT

The global recession drags on, but Kim Severson of The New York Times reports that "all over the country, the underground fruit economy is growing."From small neighborhood efforts to forage fruit from publicly accessible trees to [...]