I just finished helping at a local Mobile Food Mart sponsored by Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. Referred participants receive fresh fruit and vegetables to help supplement their diets. For many of these participants this once a month event is the only time they have access to fresh fruit and vegetables.
I present ideas on what to do with the fresh produce so that it does not go to waste.
The importance of fruits and vegetables cannot be overstated. It protects you from certain cancers, provides you with crucial vitamins, minerals and fiber and it only has about 25 calories and 5 grams of carbohydrates per 1 cup raw and 1/2 cup cooked serving.
It is the perfect snack food because you will fill up and quit eating long before you rack up any significant calories.
This evening I demonstrated a vegetable dressing for raw vegetables.
1/4 cup orange juice
2 Tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 Teaspoons honey
Place ingredients in a jar or plastic container with a tight fitting lid and shake until completely combined.
Makes 5 servings
17 Calories
1 gm fat
0 Cholesterol
36 mg sodium
3.8 gm carb
.2 gm protein
This stuff is delicious! I served it earlier in the day to 4 & 5 year-old's during a vegetable promotion class and many of them really liked it as well. I served it with broccoli and cauliflower pieces, they enjoyed their mini "trees".
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