Ontario Seasonal Recipes

The world’s largest zucchini on record was 69 1/2 inches long, and weighed 65 lbs. grown in the UK

If you are growing your own tomatoes, its recommended 2 plants be grown for every one tomato eater in your house!

You can regrow green onions! Save bulbs, place in a jar with 1-2 inches of water and you’ll have new growth in a few days.

The term “cool as a cucumber” is actually derived from the cucumber’s ability to cool the temperature of the blood. Also, when applied topically, cucumber really does cool the blood and ease facial swelling, which is why cucumbers are so popular in facial regimens.

Want to know the gender of your pepper? Flip it over, those with four bumps are female and three bumps are male. Female peppers are full of seeds but sweeter and better for eating raw while male peppers are better for cooking.

Everyone makes “asparagus pee,” but not everyone can smell it

Leeks were prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans and were especially valued for their beneficial effect for the throat. The Greek philosopher Aristotle credited the clear voice of the partridge to a diet of leeks, while the Roman emperor Nero supposedly ate leeks everyday to make his voice stronger.

It doubles as a vegetable AND a spoon. Bok choy is sometimes called a soup spoon because of the shape of its leaves.