Health-a-licious

     I have always loved fresh fruits and vegetables. I can't remember a time when fresh, was not important to me. I remember when my sister and I were young, we would help our grandfather and mother pick green beans fresh from his garden. We were allowed to eat as many as we wanted right then and there. We picked rhubarb from the neighbors back yard and ate it while we stood there. I don't even know if we were allowed to. When you are little, you often don't know the asking etiquette yet, especially when it comes to food you love. My mother grew fresh mint in the back yard. It was wild mint and we would pick a leaf, put it in our mouth, or maybe two or three leaves and just suck on them. We picked apples from the tree in the backyard too and mom made fresh apple butter. So delicious that I would eat it like ice cream straight from the jar.     There is no match for an in-season vegetable or fruit compared to a hot house vegetable or fruit. My new favorite salad recipe