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

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

Kale

Stigan Antioxidant, Superfood

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Experiment with kale. You’ll be glad did, since it is a very nutritious cruciferous vegetable. Also called ‘curly kale,’ it looks like a genetically enhanced bunch of parsley. Its large, frilly leaves can vary in color from dark … Read More

Cauliflower

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.  It’s actually a member of the cabbage family with a milk, sweet, almost nutty flavour. The undeveloped flower buds (florets) are joined by a stalk. Since the leaves of the plant shade the florets, the sun is not … Read More

Avocado

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.  Did you know it’s a fruit? Also known as avocado pears, the Haas avocado have a dark, pebbly skin and are loaded with nutrients and antioxidants. Be assured that avocado is full of good fat – it’s the … Read More

Pumpkins

Stigan Antioxidant, Autumn, 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 seasonal vegetable that brightens up the months of October and November with its beautiful orange globes. Pumpkin is a favourite for fall pies, Thanksgiving table settings in the autumn as well as Jack O’ Lanterns for harvest … Read More

Cabbage

Stigan Antioxidant, Autumn, 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.  Green Cabbage is round in shape with layers upon layers of leaves. The inner leaves are usually lighter in colour due to being protected from the sunlight. Should be heavy for their size and compact, even-coloured and fresh. As … Read More

Broccoli

Stigan Antioxidant, Autumn, 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.  Some parents tell their toddlers that broccoli is trees, with the hidden motive of feeding them with nutrition. Veggie Tales, too, has made this vegetable more fun and approachable. With immune-boosting Vitamin C benefit, it’s great that it … Read More

Beets with Greens

Stigan Antioxidant, Autumn, 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 a two for one sale when you bring home beets with the greens attached, since both are edible! The contrast is amazing between the hardy, crunchy, often rough looking exterior of raw beets and the transformation that … Read More