nPostednon June 17, 2015
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nOnentime I was touring a tortoise-rescue facility, and the care giversnsaid that they always buy 19 or 20 different sorts of vegetables pernweek – whatever is fresh, rotating items purchased so that theynaren’t always exactly the same. That way, the turtles and tortoisesngot a balanced diet, overall. n
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nWenhumans looked at one another and wondered why we didn’t do the same!
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nInstead,nmost of us buy the same-old-same-old – a head of romaine lettuce, ancarton of cherry tomatoes, and a bag of baby carrots, say – everynweek.
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nTakenthe day to try at least one new vegetable!
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nHerenare some possibilities:
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nmizunan has a mild, peppery flavor and is delicious mixed with arugula in an salad
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nzucchinin blossoms! (with or without the more-familiar zucchini – try themn fried or with tomatoes and pamersan)
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nromanesco,n perhaps the most beautiful vegetable in the world (also, perhaps then most fractal!), eaten baked, boiled, steamed, or raw
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nsean beans, salty and crunchy in salads and stir-fries
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nceleriac,n a root like a potato, but with a lot less starch
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nsunchoken or “Jerusalem artichoke,” another low-starch replacement forn potatoes, perhaps roasted
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npurplen cauliflower and purple sweet potatoes
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nAlsonon this date:
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nArtistnM. C. Escher’s birthday
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nStewart’snRoot Beer Day
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nAnniversarynof the “discovery” of muskoxen
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nBunkernHill Day
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nPlannahead:
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Check out my Pinterest boards for:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
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nJunen holidays
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nHistoricaln anniversaries in June
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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