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I live in California. When I first discovered Fuji’s, almost 20 years ago, the quality was fantastic just as the red delicious was when I was a child back in the 60’s. First they ruined the Red Delicious making it for the most part inedible. It seems agribusiness has come close to ruining the Fuji as well. Why has the quality deteriorated so in recent years?

Many different factors can affect the quality of produce that you buy including weather, season, ripeness, storage conditions, storage time or a combination of…
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Fruit & Veggie Color List

Each color of fruit and vegetable has unique nutritional benefits that are important to our health. Within each category, there are individual compounds that m…
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Super Foods to Feel Your Best

Be sure each of the following foods is on your shopping list to keep your energy up and your immune system strong.
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Healthy Breakfast Ideas

I’m sure that you have heard the expression, “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” Well, it’s true. A number of studies ha…
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Avocados

Silky, rich, and buttery, avocados impress and delight. Packed with “good” monounsaturated fats and cholesterol-free, they also contain many vitami…
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I’ve heard and seen on labels that tomatoes should be unrefrigerated. I know they are more flavorful and ripen as well as over ripen quickly. But is their any other reason for such a claim? By the way, I have been juicing and have a good recipe for Avocado and oranges (1 to 5 cnt) in blender. Also I grow wheat grass but do not have a “wheat grass” juicer. So I have been adding kiwi, hand FULL of wheat grass, 1/2 avocado and oj in blender-tastes great in my opinion. Sometimes I add green tea and flax oil. To thicken sometimes I add ice and raw oatmeal and blend real good. Another good recipe is for a smoothie- 1 apple, 1 banana, flax oil, 1/2 cup raw oatmeal and cinnamon. Apple juice, ice blend well. Sometimes I add Whey protein powder. P.S. don’t forget my tomatoes question. Thank you. P.S. I also like to play around and plant seeds of the stuff I eat. They usually grow and when I lived I Florida they actually produced, such as papaya, avocado and of course the tangerines, oranges and grapefruit. Here in IL. The next thing I am going to try from seed is Strawberries? I shall see!

The reason that tomatoes should not be refrigerated is that the taste and texture deteriorate once they are chilled. If they will spoil before you use them, it…
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Quick Tomato Sauce

Preparation Time: less than 30 minutes 2 cloves garlic, chopped ½ small onion, chopped 1 teaspoon olive oil 2 14-oz. cans crushed tomatoes &frac…
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Quick Fish Chowder

Preparation Time: less than 30 minutes 1 small onion 1 teaspoon olive oil 2 potatoes, cubed 2 stalks celery, sliced 2 14-oz. cans stewed tomatoes 1 cu…
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Quick Cauliflower and Chick Pea Curry

Preparation Time: less than 30 minutes 1 small onion, chopped 1 teaspoon canola oil 1 to 2 teaspoons curry powder (to taste) 1 14-oz.can whole tomatoes,…
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