Ok. Nora spring is here and summer is finally right around the corner.
So I'm ready to start seeing more fruits and vegetables at the farmers market.
Which ones will we start to see there and at the grocery store? Absolutely.
So this is just a small sampling of what we might see at the farmers market.
But you're gonna start to see some of those great summer veggies,
especially on the east coast.
We have some great tomatoes, peppers,
zucchini or summer squash as some folks call it cucumber, green beans, egg plants,
I mean
watermelon. It, it goes on and on. Summer is plentiful.
Spring and summer are plentiful for, for great produce no matter where you are.
And I love all the colors you brought in too because
that really diversifies the fruits and veggies that you're taking in.
So what would you say are some of the benefits to eating local in season fruit,
which is different from eating something out of season?
Absolutely.
So there are definitely a couple of benefits starting with our own health.
So it takes less time for these fruits and veggies to
travel from the farm to our plate and that helps them
nutrients.
So we know that it takes about one week for
vegetables to lose 15 to 55% of their vitamin C.
So the sooner we can get it from the ground to our plate, the better.
So that helps also from an environmental perspective,
we know that there is less waste and resources
being used when we are eating more local,
right, less trucks transports waste that happens in the process.
And we know we're supporting people in our community, right.
Our farm farmers or somebody who might be driving the truck to the farmers market,
right.
So all of those really, um, well,
spent dollars stay right here in your own community.
And a lot of people only think they have to eat like a green salad. But you made a quinoa
salad here. That looks pretty delicious. I'm gonna take.
So, yeah, there's,
you know,
there's a lot of really fun ways to sneak
in your summer and spring fruits and veggies.
So you don't just have to make a salad or you don't just have to eat them raw.
You can sneak them into a grain salad. So this is a Greek
quinoa salad.
We have tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions,
red peppers and some feta in here with some olive oil, lemon juice really easy.
This is great for a barbecue or any type of entertaining moment.
You could do this with a pasta salad as well. You can also make veggies the star
like that. Right.
It's so easy to make it like a
vinaigrette or something on top.
Yeah, a little olive oil,
lemon juice and I actually did a little red wine vinegar
in there to kind of throw out those Greek flavors.
Exactly. Nora Minow.
Thank you so much for this delicious meal and some great ideas along the way.
Absolutely.
Thanks Shannon.