Honeydew

Stigan Antioxidant, Fruits

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Honeydew is the best-known winter melon variety, sweet and succulent. In fact, honeydew is the sweetest of all the melons when ripe. These melons have a smooth, pastel pale-green skin with sweet, more vibrant pale-green flesh. Honeydews can … Read More

Grapes

Stigan Antioxidant, Fruits, Glycemic Index, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  There is both romance and convenience wrapped up in these healthy small rounds. They feature semi-translucent flesh encased by a smooth skin. Some contain edible seeds while others are seedless. Like blueberries, a protective, whitish bloom covers grapes. … Read More

Grapefruit

Stigan Antioxidant, Fruits, Glycemic Index, Superfood

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Remember when your mom fed you a half grapefruit for breakfast or the 1980s Grapefruit Diet? If yes, then you might have memories of this tropical citrus fruit’s slightly bitter taste. Grapefruit is usually about the size of … Read More

Thyme

Stigan Antioxidant, Herbs

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Enjoy this delicate-looking herb with its minty and lightly lemon flavour. The top side of each leaf is green-grey in colour on top, while the underside is somewhat white. HOW TO CHOOSE  Fresh thyme should have a clean, … Read More

Sage

Stigan Antioxidant, Herbs

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Breath in this aromatic herb and be reminded of Thanksgiving dinners! Sage has a strong, spicy, yet sweet savoury flavour, which is also bitter and varies according to the species. It is actually a type of evergreen plant … Read More

Rosemary

Stigan Antioxidant, Herbs

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  The wonderful smell of rosemary is often associated with an aroma-filled warm savoury meal. The plant is a small evergreen shrub and is related to mint as part of the Labiatae family. With silvery green, spiky leaves, looking … Read More

Parsley

Stigan Antioxidant, Herbs

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  At Ralph’s, you will find the Curly Parsley variety. This inexpensive herb has green, curly leaves and is used as a seasoning in cooking, popular as a garnish, and provides a distinct slightly peppery flavour to salads and … Read More

Oregano

Stigan Antioxidant, Glycemic Index, Herbs

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  It’s the flavour of pizza…with a warm, balsamic, and aromatic taste. Easily identified by its oval leaves, purple-ish flowers and pungent scent, the perennial plant is native to the Mediterranean. The Oregano we know & love is the … Read More

Mint

Stigan Antioxidant, Herbs

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  This fragrant herb’s scent is lovely to inhale and happens to be a natural breath freshener! With a choice of many minty flavours, the Peppermint has unique greenish-purple spear -shaped leaves while Spearmint has rounder leaves with a … Read More

Ginger Root

Stigan Antioxidant, Herbs, Superfood

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Ginger Root is the tuber bulb grown beneath the ginger plant with a firm outer brown skin that involves lots of grooves. The flesh can be yellow, white or red in colour, depending upon the variety. You will … Read More