Fresh eats!
Alyssa Monson, Registered Dietitian
CentraCare Weight Management
Have you ever tasted a fresh picked strawberry? How about bitten into a juicy ripe tomato fresh from the garden? If you have, you may have noticed the difference between those and the produce you purchase at the grocery store.
I know, we live in Minnesota and unfortunately eight months of the year we live in a barren tundra. OK, yes that is an exaggeration. But half of the year, local fresh fruits and vegetables are not available. This forces us to pay a premium for underwhelming produce that has traveled many, many miles in a shipping container.
To save money and entice your taste buds, check out the in-season fruits and vegetable list at Minnesota Grown.
Fall produce
| Fruits |
Orange Vegetables |
- Apples
- Cantaloupe
- Grapes
- Honeydew
- Plums
- Raspberries
- Watermelon
|
- Carrots
- Pumpkin
- Sweet potatoes
- Winter squash
|
| Dark Green Vegetables |
Starchy and Other Vegetables |
- Arugula
- Bok choy
- Broccoli
- Collard greens
- Dark green leafy
- Lettuce
- Kale
- Mesclun
- Mustard greens
- Romaine lettuce
- Spinach
- Swiss chard
- Turnip greens
- Watercress
|
- Bean sprouts
- Beets
- Bell peppers
- Brussels sprouts
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Celery root
- Celeriac
- Chicory
- Cucumbers
- Daikon
- Eggplant
- Fennel
- Garlic
- Kohlrabi
- Leeks
- Mushrooms
- Onions
- Radishes
- Rutabaga
- Shallots
- Summer squash
- Sweet corn
- Parsnips
- Potatoes
- Tomatoes
- Turnips
- Wax beans
- Zucchini
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