Floral & Foodie Friday ~ Earth Day Edition: Prime Produce

Happy Belated 🌍Earth🌎 Day!

In spirit of conserving our Mother 🌏Earth’s resources, here’s a pano photo📷 that shows part of my 🏡parents’ 🌳garden, filled with 🌹roses🌷 of different 💐colors! The Folgers coffee☕️ canister stores soil, 🍳egg shells🐚 and other particles for the compost to restore their 🌲land🌴 and produce fresh 🌿plants!

Plus, here are my favorite fruit and veggies:

😎Elaine’s TOP 50 Preferred Produce🔗

Vegetables 

Asparagus (A, E)

Basil

Beans: black, kidney, lima, white, etc.

🔔Bell pepper*: red, green, yellow (C, a)

🍢Bok choy*

Broccoli (A, C, E, c)

Carrots* (A) 👓👀

Cauliflower (o3) 

Celery*

Cilantro / Parsley

🌽Corn (E)

🍆Eggplant

Green Beans

Kale (A)

Lettuce*: Romaine

🍄Mushroom*

Peas

Pepper: Habanero, Jalapeño, Poplano

Potato

🎃Pumpkin (A)

Spinach* 👊💪

🍆Squash (i.e., Zucchini) (A)

🍜Sugar Snap Peas

Sweet Potato (A)

🍲 Water Chestnut

Fruit

🍎Apple* : Golden Delicious, Fuji🍏

🍑Apricot (A)

Avocado* (E, o3)

🍌Banana*

Berries: Blackberry, Blueberry (C, a) 💡💭

🍈Cantaloupe (A)

🍒Cherries (C)

Coconut

Cranberry (a)

Grapefruit: Ruby Red (C)

🍇Grapes: Concord

Kiwi (C)

🍋Lemon* (C)

Lime (C)

🍊Orange (C) 👓👀

Papaya*

🍑Peach (A)

🍐Pear

🍍Pineapple (C)

Plum

Pomegranate (C) 💡💭

Raspberry (a)

🍓Strawberry (C, a)

🍅Tomato: cherry, Roma (A, C)

🍉Watermelon (A)

*Year-round/Non-seasonal🍀💐🌿🍃🍁🍂❄️⛄️

(A) VitA/beta carotene: skin & nails💅

(B) VitB: skin & nails💅 ~ 🍣meat🍗 & dairy

(C) 🍊🍋VitC: 💁hair, skin & nails💅

(D) 🌞😎VitD: 💁hair & nails💅 ~ 🐠proteins

(E) VitE: skin ~ fruits, veggies & nuts🌰

(c) 🍶🍼Calcium: 💁hair & nails💅 ~ dairy

(o3) Omega-3 fatty acids: skin

(a) Antioxidants: 💁hair & skin

(zi) Zinc & iron: 💁hair, skin & nails💅 ~ prot.

👓👀 Eye Health

💡💭 Memory

👊💪 Strength

Bibliography

Ho, C. (2015). Hot body year round: The POP Pilates plan to get slim, eat clean, and live happy through every season. NY: Harmony.