Vegetables

Spinach, colon cancer

Eating spinach can reduce risk of colon cancer, study finds

Green, leafy vegetables boost muscle strength — here's how to add them to your diet

Leafy vegetables benefits

Burgeoning Farmer Jawn CSA expands operations to Montgomery County

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Gardening can make people just as happy as a fancy dinner, study finds

Gardening happiness study

Get fresh produce delivered with Dig's new Farm Box

Dig's Farm Box

Fish oil supplements may not protect against cancer – as previously believed

Fish oil supplements don't protect against -- may even increase prostate cancer risk

Fall edition of Philly Vegan Restaurant Week to take place in October

Philly Vegan Restaurant Week

Why cucumbers are the healthy heroes among summertime vegetables

cucumber health benefits

Trader Joes, Green Giant vegetables recalled over listeria concerns

green giant vegetable recall

A grilled vegetable recipe even picky carnivores are likely to enjoy

grilled squash recipe

These low-carb tortillas are made with a vegetable you probably haven't heard of

low-carb jicama tortillas

This decadent smoothie recipe squeezes in three vegetables and TONS of antioxidants

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Here's what you should know about drinking the trendy, yet gross-sounding celery juice

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Wegmans issues multi-state recall on pre-packaged cauliflower items

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This healthy broccoli recipe tastes oddly like … Doritos?

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Naming babies for fruits and vegetables will be a thing in 2019

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Chips made with this vegetable are the healthier alt-chips you need in your life

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A healthier hack: behold an oil-free roasted veggies recipe

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Some vegetable trays are making people sick and the number is going up

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We've got one of Lacroix Chef Jon Cichon's secret recipes

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Hate eating your veggies? Maybe you only need one

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Pick up farm-fresh produce from Greensgrow on Logan Circle

Chef creates world's hottest chili pepper and actually it could kill you

'I’m broccoli-ed out': a note from my husband

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Learn to make homemade tomato salsa that can be stored for later

Gallery: PETA's 'Green Beauties' promote veganism

Some Whole Foods, Giant Eagle Stores selling 'ugly' produce at reduced prices

Learn how to grow your very own veggie garden at Morris Arboretum

Gardening workshop at Morris Arboretum

Eat with the season: Five winter recipes by local bloggers

Phickle’s Amanda Feifer wants everyone to ferment veggies at home

ferment your vegetables

Frozen corn recalled over potentially fatal listeria contamination

7 'pick-your-own' farms in South Jersey

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Weekend Recipes

Weekend Recipe: Oodles of (veggie) noodles

Spiralizer

Top spring beauty foods

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30-minute meals: Spring garden pasta primavera

Pasta Primavera

Regrow vegetables and herbs from kitchen scraps

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From garden to glass: Growing a Bloody Mary bar

Urban Garden

Study: lots of pesticides in produce

Apples

Five Center City eateries dishing out Brussels sprouts

Brussels Sprouts

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