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    • NATURE’S FAST FOOD

      Posted at 6:00 am by Mary Ann Lesh
      Jan 4th

      “We’ve got sunlight on the sand
      We’ve got moonlight on the sea
      We’ve got mangoes and bananas we can pick right off a tree”
      (Rogers and Hammerstein, “There is Nothing Like a Dame” from the musical South Pacific.

      It’s always nice to sit down to a complete meal, but the truth is that most of us often need something quick and easy. Fortunately, plants provide a wealth of foods that require little or no preparation and are really at their best and most nutritious when eaten fresh from the tree, bush, or vine. Just wash and enjoy. Some, you can eat with the peeling. Some, like bananas and oranges, come in an easy-to-remove biodegradable wrapper. If you have just a bit of time, you can combine them in salads or fabulous dessert plates. It’s a good idea to clean the surfaces carefully to eliminate bacteria that they might have picked up in the process of bringing it from the farm or orchard to your pantry. Here’s a quick guide to getting these natural fast foods ready to eat.

      How to clean them

      1. If you will eat the peeling, it’s a good idea to scrub it with a vegetable brush.
      2. If you’re going to peel it, a good rinse, clean hands, and maybe a clean knife are all you need.
      3. For porous foods like lettuce or strawberries, soak briefly (3 minutes or less) in a solution of water and vinegar (plain old cheap vinegar will do the trick)–about 1 part of vinegar to 3 parts of water.
      This Modern Survival Blog gives more details on cleaning fruits and vegetables.

      Just A Few of My Favorites from Nature’s Fast Food Menu

      apple
      apricot
      avocado
      banana
      berries (strawberry / blackberry / blueberry…)
      broccoli
      cantaloupe
      carrot
      cauliflower
      celery
      coconut
      cucumber
      date
      fig

      grape
      lettuce (all kinds of leafy greens)
      mango
      mushroom
      nuts (pecan / almond / peanut / cashew / walnut…)
      orange / tangerine / mandarinpapaya
      peach
      pear
      pineapple
      plum
      pomegranate
      radish
      tomato
      watermelon
      zucchini
      Posted in RECIPES | Tagged cleaning fruits and vegetables, cleaning lettuce, cleaning strawberries, natural fast food, salads
    • About Fruit and Stuff

      When I switched to plant-based living after a lifetime of meals planned around a main course of meat, I immediately felt positive effects and found it surprisingly easy, even fun, to change my habits and explore new ways of enjoying food. Fruit and Stuff is a collection of some of the many things I have learned since I started the journey. Even if you are not ready to give up meat, you will benefit from adding more plant foods to your daily meals. I hope you’ll find something useful here. The most recent articles appear first on the Home page, and the tabs at the top of every page are for locating any article, past or present. The Glossary links to facts about plant-based foods, the Recipe tab will direct you to the recipe index, and the Resources consist of news and opinions about plant-based living.

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