The delicious watermelon is actually a member of the squash family (Cucurbitaceae) but is unique in its sweetness and juiciness. You will find them at your local market in different shapes and sizes: from red to yellow, striped and spotted rinds and weighing from a few pounds to big and heavy. Many grocery stores sell them pre-sliced and ready to eat.
Watermelon Calories and Nutrition
Watermelon is naturally low in calories but high in Vitamin A and C. It is an all-around healthy food. Serve it frequently as …

“Peak Moment 87: In summer 2006 Judy Alexander embarked on an experiment to see how much food she could grow, and how many neighbors could benefit, from the garden around her house.
Check out her homegrown rainwater collection and irrigation system – watering her 60+ edible crops. Meet the bees, the chickens and the worms. And catch her joy in producing so much food for so little effort. ”

Do you love fresh delicious meals but don’t think you have the time to make them? Do you want to expand your vegetarian cooking while saving money? Then Fresh Food Fastis for you. If you haven’t eaten out of this cookbook you are in for a treat.

I first saw this cookbook on the old high school music stand that my friend Tina puts by the stove when she cooks. I must have eaten half a dozen fast, easy and cheap recipes out of it before I finally picked it up. …

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January

Fruit & Vegetables – Avocados, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, collards, endive, grapefruit, kale, forced rhubarb, leeks, oranges, parsnips, rutabagas, shallots, squash, tangerines, turnip
Fish & Meat – Goose, lobster, scallops

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February

Fruit & Vegetables – Avocados, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, chard, celery, chicory, endive, forced rhubarb, grapefruit, kohlrabi, leeks, oranges, parsnips, rutabagas, spinach, swede, turnip
Fish & Meat – Mussels, halibut, guinea fowl, lobster

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March

Fruit & Vegetables – Artichokes, avocados, bananas, beans (green & wax), beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, endive, grapefruit, leeks, mint, mooli, nectarines, parsley, pineapples, onions (bermuda), oranges, radishes, rhubarb, rutabagas, …

Even though corn is now selling for less than half of its June price, the Thanksgiving turkey that feeds on that corn costs 8% more per pound. The wheat baked into the dinner rolls is down 60%, but the rolls are up 16%. And the soybeans in all those holiday pie crusts? Down 47% since summer, but cost is 9% more, the CBS study found.
Experts say it’s because grocery pricing is about more than just commodities.
“Raw commodity costs represent about 20% of the total food bill at the grocery store. …