Oranges Celery

No School

Pineapple Julienne Rainbow Carrot

Mango

Sliced Sweet Apples

Yams Blood Oranges

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Menu February 2019

Strawberries Zucchini Squash

Blackberry

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More info… Jicama (HEE-kah-ma) sometimes referred to as yam bean, Mexican turnip or Mexican potato, is an edible root vegetable native to Mexico. In the United States, it’s less common, and can be intimidating to those who’ve never tried it. There’s no need to fear this tasty, nutrient-dense tuber- jicama’s mild flavor and satisfying crunch lends it to a myriad of culinary uses.

Locally Grown Partners…

Sharon fruit or persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus

Diospyros. The most widely cultivated of these is the Oriental or Japanese

persimmon, Diospyros kaki.

Did you know?

The ugli or ugli fruit is a Jamaican form of tangelo, a citrus fruit created by hybridizing a grapefruit, an orange, and a tangerine. Its species is Citrus reticulata × Citrus paradisi.

The blood orange is a variety of orange (Citrus × sinensis) with crimson, almost blood-colored flesh. The distinctive dark flesh color is due to the presence of

anthocyanins, a family of antioxidant pigments common to many flowers and fruit,

but uncommon in citrus fruits.

Broccolini is a green vegetable similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and longer, thin stalks. It is a natural hybrid of broccoli

and kai-lan, both cultivar groups of Brassica oleracea.

Ugli Fruit