Lettuce

Lettuce is one of the most delicate salad plants in this world, which is grown as a leafy vegetable. The vegetable is usually consumed as cold and raw, in salads, hamburgers, tacos and a number of other dishes. Six different types of lettuce:  Butterhead (Boston or...

Okra (Lady Finger) or Gumbo

Okra, also known as “lady finger” or “gumbo”, is a highly nutritious green edible pod vegetable.   Botanically, this perennial flowering plant belongs to the mallow family and named scientifically as Abelmoschus esculentus. Very low in...

Kale or Borecole

Kale or borecole is rich in numerous health benefiting polyphenolic flavonoid compounds such as lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta-carotene, and vitamins than found in any other green leafy vegetables. Kale provides rich nutrition ingredients that offer protection from...

Cucumbers

There are two types of cucumbers: slicing cucumbers pickling cucumbers. The pickling varieties tend to be more smaller, thicker, and have bumpy skin with black-dotted spines. Cucumber is often regarded as a healthy food because it is low in calories and fat. Cucumber...

Nutrition Benefits of Eating Corn

Health benefits of corn include controlling diabetes, prevention of heart ailments, lowering hypertension and prevention of neural-tube defects at birth. It not only provides the necessary calories for daily metabolism, but is a rich source of vitamins A, B, E and...