This Meatless Monday, we feature corn, with growing, storage and prep tips, as well as recipes for Corn and Bean Salsa and Roasted Corn on the Cob from Vermont Fresh: A Fruit and Vegetable Handbook. Photo courtesy of Kate Pace Background Corn is one of North America’s oldest and most symbolic foods. Together [...]
This Meatless Monday, we feature Beets, with growing, storage and prep tips, as well as recipes for Beet and Goat Cheese Salad and Borscht from Vermont Fresh: A Fruit and Vegetable Handbook. Background Grown now for thousands of years, beets are a truly old-fashioned vegetable. The wild ancestor of the beet we eat today is [...]
This Meatless Monday, we feature Blueberries, with growing, storage and prep tips, as well as recipes for Blueberry-Banana Smoothies and Blueberry Pancakes. Background Unlike so many other fruits, blueberries are native to North America. Different varieties of the plant, including bilberries, have grown in Europe and beyond, and there are countless names given to fruits [...]
Strawberries are red, berry-like fruits that are well-known for their sweet flavor and enticing aroma. They are unusual for their seeds, which grow on the exterior of the fruit rather than on the inside. The strawberries most commonly eaten today are descendants of the wild strawberry, which is believed to be native to North America. [...]
