Keep your veggies fresh.Want to serve your family the freshest possible vegetables? If your local farmers' market farm·ers' market n. A public market at which farmers and often other vendors sell produce directly to consumers. Also called greenmarket. isn't open, head for your grocer's frozen food aisle. No matter how you eat your veggies--cooked, raw, or liquefied, fresh is always best. But the moment they leave the farm or garden, they begin to lose nutrients. Even fruits such as tomatoes, peppers, and avocados have lost nourishment nour·ish·ment n. Something that nourishes; food. by the time they reach your home. Frozen produce--which is usually "flash-frozen" right after picking--is often more nutritious than the supposedly "fresh" items waiting in the produce section. Canned produce can't hold a candle to fresh or frozen. Much vitamin content vanishes during processing. To keep your veggies Veggies of Nottingham, also known as Veggies Catering Campaign, is a campaigning group based in Nottingham, England, promoting ethicalbum alternatives to mainstream fast food. fresh: * Go seasonal. When your local farms are producing, look for hardy vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, and cabbage as well as a selection of some that will continue ripening ripening said of meat. See curing. at home. * Bag it. Transport fresh vegetables in sealed plastic bags and store them immediately in your refrigerator's crisper crisp·er n. One that crisps, especially a compartment in a refrigerator used for storing vegetables and keeping them fresh. . * Eat perishable foods first. * Wait to cut or peel foods right before consuming. (Consumer Reports on Health) |
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