Potatoes – Sweet & Yam

Stigan Antioxidant, Glycemic Index, Superfood, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  A popular Thanksgiving tradition. However, they are high in beta-carotene and other nutrients, so it`d be a sham to only serve them for one feast! Many North Americans have been confused when naming these tasty tuber vegetables. Oftentimes … Read More

Parsnip

Stigan Antioxidant, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Try this winter root vegetable as a sweet, starchy alternative to potatoes. Parsnips resemble a cone-shaped, ivory-coloured carrot, but their aroma is somewhat like celery and involves a sweet, nutty flavour. In fact this vegetable has more natural … Read More

Onion – Yellow, White

Stigan Antioxidant, Glycemic Index, Superfood, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Also known as ‘mature onions’, they belong to the lily family of plants. This vegetable is grown for its edible bulb, most often performing a supportive role to flavour a variety of other foods. The yellow onion is … Read More

Onions – Sweet

Stigan Antioxidant, Superfood, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Sweet onions, such as Vidalia, Maui, and Walla Walla onions, named after the locations in which they are grown offer sweetness, crunch, and great health benefits. HOW TO CHOOSE  Peak season for sweet onions is during the late … Read More

Onions – Shallots

Stigan Antioxidant, Superfood, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Shallots have gained a reputation as the aristocrats of the onion family. Their delicate flavor – a sort of cross between onions, garlic and scallions. Raw shallots have a strong pungency, stronger than most onions. Shallots are firm, … Read More

Onions – Red

Stigan Antioxidant, Superfood, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Red onions have a mild to sweet flavor, an attractive colour, and tend to be medium to large in size. With purplish red skin and white flesh tinged with red, they are very different than Spanish onions, which … Read More

Mushroom – Portobello

Stigan Antioxidant, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  A vegetarian’s dream with its meaty and delicious texture and flavour! Impressive in size and appearance, the Portabella mushroom is a larger, hardier relative of the White and Crimini and can range up to 6 inches in diameter. … Read More

Mushrooms – Jumbo

Stigan Antioxidant, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  They are pleasingly mild and woodsy; their flavor intensifies when cooked. Freshly picked, they have closed veils (caps that fit closely to the stem) and delicate flavor, whereas mature mushrooms, with open veils and darkened caps, develop a … Read More

Lettuce – Romaine

Stigan Antioxidant, Glycemic Index, Superfood, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  It’s so indispensable that it always seems to be on our shopping list! Beginning your meal with a salad made of crisp romaine lettuce you will add a variety of textures and flavours to your meal, as well … Read More

Leeks

Stigan Antioxidant, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  A cousin of the onion, leeks can be substituted in any dish. Resembling an oversized scallion, leeks are long and round in shape. Starting with a white stem at the slightly round root end, the colour becomes increasingly … Read More