Jewels From The Garden

Nature is so grand!! It gives us blessings in every season...especially this new season of Summer. 

The color of this season is vibrant, vivid and stunning.  What attracts your eye to the side of the road as you are driving more than an outdoor fresh fruit and vegetable stand? 

The opportunity to choose the Edible Jewels From The Garden,  resplendent in all of their glorious colors should make your heart happy.  Not only are they pleasing to your eye, but did you know that the colors of these gifts have a purpose in our good health?

When you choose from the RED category of fruit and vegetables, your choice
helps maintain a healthy heart, strong memory function and can even lower the risk of some cancers.

When you choose from the ORANGE/YELLOW category, your choice helps maintain heart, vision and a strong immune system.  This group is rated high invitamin C and folic acid.

The GREEN category of fruits and vegetables help lower the risk of some cancers, reduce the risk of heart disease, maintains vision, aids red blood cells and helps keep bones and teeth strong.

The BLUE/PURPLE category provide antioxidants that promote healthy aging, healthy hearts and strong memory function.

There is another category and that is WHITE/TAN/BROWN fruit and veggies.  These give us folic acid, fiber, potassium, selenium and vitamin C.

So...go ahead...shop for those fabulous gems...try some RED, sweet and ripe strawberries in your breakfast smoothie.  How about YELLOW summer squash sauteed with a WHITE fresh Vidalia onion for lunch.  Oh yes...fresh spring GREENS for your dinner side salad....ahh..what could be better?  Dessert anyone?  Well, there are those richly colored  BLUEberries over some frozen yogurt waiting for you.

It is said..."We are what we eat"...if that is true...then we are very wealthy indeed!

Bon Appetit!!!