Everything looks good today, I just finished eating a Pinova or Piñata apple. It’s crisp, juicy and sweet tart, with a unique flavor. Very tasty!
The Pinova apple is a fairly new apple variety. It was originally bred in Germany and is a cross between a Golden Delicious, Cox’s Orange Pippin, and a Duchess of Oldenburg.
Stemilt Growers from Wenatchee, Washington holds the exclusive rights to grow, market and sell this variety in the United States. In 2004, they changed the name to PInata.
The Rainbow Chard is truly
Rainbow this week! Lots of gorgeous saturated color in the stems with dark green leaves.This beautiful green is so tasty in a salad or sautéed with pine nuts and Parmesan cheese!
Chard is not only one of the most popular vegetables along the Mediterranean but it is one of the most nutritious vegetables around and ranks second only to spinach following our analysis of the total nutrient-richness of the World’s Healthiest vegetables. It is also one of only three vegetables that we recommend boiling to help reduce its concentration of oxalic acid.
The mini sweet peppers are as tasty as they are pretty! They make a great snack dipped in hummus, or stuffed with goat cheese, raw, or baked (my favorite!)
Unlike their fellow members, sweet peppers have characteristic bell shape with crunchy, thick fleshy skin. On comparison to other capsicum members, bell (sweet) peppers have very mild or zero hotness. The other important difference is that they are used worldwide as vegetables instead of spices.
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