Asparagus: nutrition facts and health benefits
Asparagus is a plant consisting of an underground stem, the claw. It produces buds, which are called turions. They stretch underground in search of light. On the end of the bud, turions change color...
Garden cress: nutrition facts and health benefits
Garden cress is an herbaceous plant, of the same family as cabbages, turnips, mustard and arugula: that of the crucifers, hence the spice found in these products. Garden cress has fleshy stems and dark...
Star fruit (carambola): nutrition facts and health benefits
The star fruit is an exotic fruit from Southeast Asia, which reached the Antilles in the nineteenth century and is now cultivated in several countries (Australia, USA, Israel). This oblong fruit, about fifteen centimetres,...
Jackfruit: nutrition facts and health benefits
The jackfruit is the tree of tropical origin which bears the largest fruits of the plant kingdom. They can reach a weight between 35 and 50 kg. It is cultivatable under temperate climate in...
Annona: nutrition facts and health benefits
Annona is an exotic fruit in the form of a bumpy round pear. Its flesh is white and very juicy. It’s sweet and very fragrant. Its flavor reminds the taste of clove and cinnamon....
Chicory: nutrition facts and health benefits
The chicory is a plant in the chicory family. It has the same name in English and Japanese, but is called "chic" in Belgium and northern France, and witloof in Flemish.
The history of chicory
The...
Turnip: nutrition facts and health benefits
The turnip is a vegetable plant, belonging to the same family as the rutabaga and cabbage. It is grown for its root, which is consumed as a vegetable. According to the varieties, it offers...
Avocado: nutrition facts and health benefits
The avocado is the fruit of the avocado tree. Its clear flesh has the consistency of butter. According to variety, the avocado has a shiny and smooth or textured, dark green or brown skin...
Spinach: nutrition facts and health benefits
Spinach is a fast growing vegetable plant whose leaves are consumed, always dark green and smooth or blistered. Depending on the variety, it’s annual or biennial. Spinach is grown in all temperate regions.
In Asia,...
Apricot: nutrition facts and health benefits
Apricot is a fruit from the apricot tree. Its shape is round and it has an orange color with a furrow in the middle that allows to easily opening it to remove its nucleus....
