Posts Tagged by fruits
Stay Fueled with Florida Fruit
| May 30, 2012 | Posted by Chris M. under Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Produce |
As a competitive league tennis player, I often struggle to find ways to stay energized and pumped up during my matches. Tennis, like many other sports, is a mental and physical game. A lull in performance for just a few minutes can drastically change the outcome of a match from a win to a loss. … continue reading
What’s In Season This Week
| April 7, 2011 | Posted by admin under Agriculture, Cooking, Healthy Eating, Produce, Recipes, Seafood |
Wondering what Florida commodities are in season this week? Here’s a look at what is growing right now. Fruits and Vegetables Avocados Beans (Snap) Broccoli Cabbage Cabbage (Chinese) Celery Eggplant Endive/Escarole Grapefruit Lettuce Oranges Peppers (both Bell and Hot) Potatoes Radishes Squash (Yellow) Strawberries Sweet Corn Tangerines Tomatoes Seafood Alligator Clams Crab (both Blue and Stone) Flounder Lobster (Spiny) Mahi Mahi… continue reading
Community Supported Agriculture in Florida
| March 22, 2011 | Posted by admin under Agriculture, Farms, Healthy Eating, Produce |
Community Supported Agriculture, also known as CSA, is a system which partners farmers with consumers. This partnership lessens a farmer’s risk while it increases the amount of fresh produce provided for consumers. Basically consumers pay a membership (or subscription) fee to contribute to the costs of growing the produce, and in return they receive fresh products… continue reading
What’s In Season This Week?
| March 16, 2011 | Posted by admin under Healthy Eating, Produce, Recipes, Seafood |
Wondering what Florida commodities are in season this week? Here’s what is growing right now. Fruits and Vegetables Avocados Beans (Snap) Broccoli Cabbage Cabbage (Chinese) Celery Eggplant Endive/Escarole Grapefruit Lettuce Oranges Peppers (both Bell and Hot) Potatoes Radishes Squash (Yellow) Strawberries Sweet Corn Tangerines Tomatoes Seafood Alligator Clams Crab (both Blue and Stone) Flounder Lobster (Spiny) Mahi Mahi Oysters Shrimp Snapper (Yellowtail) Swordfish Tuna… continue reading
What’s In Season This Week?
| March 7, 2011 | Posted by admin under Healthy Eating, Produce, Seafood |
Our “What’s In Season Now?” shopping list has a number fresh vegetable, fruit and seafood commodities for the week. Many of my favorites are listed the week of March 6-12. Which of the following do you like? Fruits and Vegetables Avocados Beans (Snap) Broccoli Cabbage Cabbage (Chinese) Celery Eggplant Endive/Escarole Grapefruit Lettuce Oranges Peppers (both Bell and Hot) Potatoes Radishes … continue reading
The “Fruitification” of America
| August 3, 2009 | Posted by admin under Cooking, Healthy Eating, Produce |
Seriously, I love the word but not the idea behind it. Taking fresh fruit and processing it into a cup for convenience seems like a good idea at first. Busy parents, stretched to the limit, singles and anyone looking for more time in the day might grab one of these travel-easy fruit cups for the… continue reading
Blame it on the –
| July 13, 2009 | Posted by admin under Nutrition |
Gravy. Biscuits. BBQ. Pecan Pies. Deep-fried everything. Time.com recently published an article which caught my eye (and probably the eye of anyone else who came across it): “Why are Southerners So Fat?” Of course I noticed, since I am a Southerner myself. It didn’t really call out Florida specifically. Rather, it discussed Mississippi and its… continue reading
