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Fresh & Easy Nano Cucumber Pico de Gallo

Learn how a quick cucumber pico de gallo made with Pure Flavor® Uno Bites™ Nano Cucumbers can freshen up any recipe! A tiny little snacking cucumber can sure bring a ton of fresh flavor. Uno Bites™ Nano Cucumbers have arrived — no, not from outer space, but from Pure Flavor’s® high-tech greenhouses. Now that they’re here, they’re making their mark in the world of healthy snacking. Their nano size makes them a perfect treat for snacking by the handful or enjoying with your favorite dip. Kids enjoy them especially because they have a mild, balanced flavor. On that note, parents love snacking on

10 Different ways to use sweet potatoes

This article is brought to you by Produce for Better Health Foundation & Sarah Schlichter, MPH, RDN, Bucket List Tummy Sweet potatoes are one of the most versatile foods around. They are great for babies and kids, adults, older adults, athletes, etc. Sweet potatoes are nutritionally dense, which is one reason why they are an appealing food to all people. One medium sweet potato provides about four grams of fiber, and provides more than your daily recommended allotment of Vitamin A, an important nutrient for immune health. Sweet potatoes are also high in Vitamin C. Vitamin C is important for

Eating Together: Shareable Dinner Platters

Chopped Greek Salad Platter is the perfect shareable dinner! It’s a moment we look forward to every day — when we have time, that is. A moment where we can tell each other about our day: the work we did, the lessons we learned and all the other funny moments in between. Eating dinner together every night is an important routine for families to maintain. While gathering the whole family at the same place and same time is, usually, easier said than done, that’s never the case when you make a colorful, delicious and healthy shareable platter. Luckily, Pure Flavor® and Cooking w/ Julie have a

Simple steps to achieve wellness

Why is wellness so difficult to achieve? If we could manage obesity, type 2 diabetes, lower our risks of heart disease, stroke, some types of cancer, macular degeneration, cataracts, cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s by consuming more fresh fruits and vegetables — then why aren’t we? Well, the fact is, change is hard! Wellness is an interactive process of becoming aware of and practicing healthy choices to create a more successful and balanced lifestyle. Wellness is the framework that you can use to organize, understand, and balance your own growth and development. It is a continuum of self

Arctic Apples unveils 2020 harvest video

A view into the making of an Arctic Apple... Okanagan Specialty Fruits, developer and grower behind the innovative Arctic® apple, has released a video capturing the 2020 harvest. Filmed this past fall, the video includes an inside look at the processing and packaging of Arctic apples. “We wanted to take viewers on a visual journey with us through a typical season with Arctic apples,” said Bob Wilkinson, director of sales for OSF. “It is our hope that this video provides new insight into the care and precision it takes to grow, process and package Arctic apples.” Arctic apples use the apple’s

PEI Potatoes are 'made to enjoy'

PEI Potatoes will be on the small screen once again this year, with a brand new message and commercial. “Made to Enjoy” is a new approach for PEI Potatoes, aimed more at the end consumer than previous campaigns. It is fresh, features children, and focuses on the final product while using humor to deliver the message. The commercial features the young protagonist plotting revenge on her pesky nemesis, who has been tormenting her with his slingshot. She develops and builds a “potato launcher” to enact her revenge, but realizes she could never waste a delicious PEI potato. Our hero realizes the