Shallot: nutrition facts and health benefits
The shallot is a plant belonging to the same family as garlic and onion. The term refers to both the plant and the bulb it produces, used as a condiment and as a vegetable....
Blackcurrant: nutrition facts and health benefits
Blackcurrant is a small berry, very dark purple, almost black, which grows in clusters on a shrub, the black gooseberry. But it does not taste the same as gooseberry, its flavor is less sour,...
Kiwi: nutrition facts and health benefits
The kiwi is an egg-shaped fruit that grows on a vine (Actinidia chinensis). It has a thick, brown, and hairy skin which, despite its uninviting appearance, is edible. It contains a green, rather firm...
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,...
Cucumber: nutrition facts and health benefits
Cucumber, like the pickle, comes from a creeping vegetable plant belonging to the very large family of cucurbits, which include squash. In the old days, cucumber was picked up at maturity, while the pickle,...
Eggplant: nutrition facts and health benefits
Icon of the Mediterranean cuisine, the eggplant is part of these chameleon foods which can be cooked in a thousand ways. The eggplant is a fruit eaten as a vegetable and has many varieties...
Watermelon: nutrition facts and health benefits
Huge fruit of a tropical plant of the family Cucurbitaceae, the watermelon has a thick and dark green bark, a red, pink or white flesh, particularly aqueous, and sown with big black seeds.
The watermelon...
Grapefruit: nutrition facts and health benefits
Pomelo and grapefruit should not be confused, although it is usual to designate the pomelo by calling it, wrongly, grapefruit. If they are cousins they both belong to the citrus family, which means citrus...
Elderberry: nutrition facts and health benefits
In addition of being delicious, elderberries are very rich in vitamins A, B6, C and iron. But the most remarkable of this little fruit is that it contains a significant amount of polyphenols. These...
Date: nutrition facts and health benefits
Small brown, elongated and sweet, fruit containq a nucleus and pointed oblong. The date is the fruit of the date palm, native of the Persian Gulf. Over the centuries, it spread throughout North Africa,...
