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

Artichoke

Stigan Antioxidant, 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.  Artichoke eating is a hands-on affair and like cracking open a lobster, the journey is part of the event. The main edible portion of this immature flower is mainly the thickened receptacle (heart) and fleshy bases of the … Read More

Turnip

Stigan Antioxidant, Autumn, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Plan to make sweet young turnip a welcome guest at the dinner table any time. With a sweet, delicious flavours root vegetables are higher in sugar than other veggies – a good selling point for children. Usually smaller … 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

Pears

Stigan Antioxidant, Autumn, Fruits, Glycemic Index

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  The pear is to autumn as the strawberry is to summer. A great fruit to start of packing lunches with nutrition & convenience! Pears are sweet and aromatic and ripen to holda sweet juicy meat beneath a soft … Read More

Cranberries

Stigan Autumn, Fruits

For some reason most cooks do not remember the cranberry’s virtues until fall, mainly at Thanksgiving and Christmas. These berries are splendid, vividly coloured small berries just bursting with nutrition. With their brilliant antioxidant power it’s no wonder they are cousin to blueberries. The cranberry is a round, very tart and tangy, bright red fruit can grow wild as a … 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

Brussel Sprouts

Stigan Antioxidant, Autumn, Vegetable

Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly.  Looking just like a miniature version of green cabbage they are, in fact, both part of the Brassica family of cruciferous vegetables. These small, dense, compact buds have a delicate, milder, and sweeter than its cabbage cousin, 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