For the past year we have been bringing the lesser-known produce into the spotlight. It is important to go off the beaten aisle and bring new, unique eats to your plate. Your taste buds appreciate it and stepping out of the banana and carrot comfort zone can boost your mood and overall health. Being perfectly happy with Taco Tuesday and Spaghetti Saturday is no longer an option with the Weekly Bite!
Here are some of our 12 favorite seasonal food discoveries of 2012:
1. Dandelion Greens: Not your Average Weed
2. Garlic Scapes: My New Best Friend
3. Ugli Fruit: A Strange Citrus
4. Fiddlehead Ferns: A Vegetable with Character
5. Summer’s Best: Yellow Watermelon
6. Dragon Fruit: A Quest-Worthy Fruit
7. Delicata Squash: The Squash you Should Know
9. Cactus Pear: More than a Prickly Face
11. Kohlrabi: Discover this Cool-Weather Crop
Remember not to judge your food with a bite, lick or taste involved first. You now have the food knowledge so you don’t have to dig in blind.
What was your favorite oddball eat of the year? What would you like to see featured in the Weekly Bite?
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Dandelion greens do NOT get enough credit! They’re a GREAT detoxifier, especially when it comes to detoxing heavy metals like mercury! Just sautee it in olive oil and garlic and you won’t taste the bitterness!
Totally agree. A simple new ingredient to add to the menu.
Love this! I recently discovered pummelos thanks to a former co-worker and they’re now my favorite winter fruit! Not sure if this is truly a lesser-known produce or if I was just out-of-the-loop, but I’m so glad I discovered them.
I will have to look into that one. Hope you check some of these other ones of your list soon. Thanks for reading Ali!