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In many places stretched across the country where I live, Canada, there is a lot of snow from coast to coast! So yes there will be a white Christmas around here!  The white colour is like that of a storybook setting, making the holidays a splendid thing.

Yet the white foods of fruits and vegetables may not be the flashiest as the coloured fruits and vegetables (greens, reds, yellow, orange, or blues and purples) they do not they lack in nutrient value. One of the most important foods in white foods is the Allium family of food: onions, garlic, shallots, and leeks. The health benefits of these foods, make these foods a leading role in many recipes. White foods contain antioxidants for healing and protection, help maintain a health cholesterol level, boost the immune system, and promote good heart health!

Some white foods include:

cauliflower, shallots, mushrooms, turnips, bananas, pears, parsnips, white corn, potatoes, ginger, garlic, white nectarines, and jicama

Next: White food recipe.

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Here is a double red recipe involving a red vegetable with the pleasant radicchio salad and red fruit of cranberries, which stretches out the use of cranberries for this holiday season!

As like the Green Recipe for this Christmas holiday, theme, in this recipe there are no specific numbers, just keep in mind what 1 serving size is. A quick ‘rule of thumb’ for a serving size is what fits into the palm of your hand. That equals 1 serving size.

In an equation:

1 palm + add food until palm filled = 1 serving size

or visual reference:

Food & Hands

Ingredients: Amounts will vary according to number of people (number of servings)

Handful of dried cranberries

Head of radicchio torn into bite-size pieces

Walnuts

Walnut Oil or can use Olive Oil

Lemon juice

Putting it together:

1. Make the vinaigrette of oil and lemon juice in a salad bowl.

2. Add handful of dried cranberries and let plump out.

3. Add head of radicchio, torn bite-sized pieces and toss.

4. Sprinkle with walnut halves and serve.

Enjoy!

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At first, when we think of green, we may think of freshness and vegetables. Green food products may come through leafy greens, apples, pears, and nutrition-filled produce of broccoli, brussel sprouts, and cabbage.

There are various ways to prepare these foods such as steaming, sauteing, stir-frying. Winter green foods are those such as:

green apples, avocados, bok choy, broccoli, broccoli rabe, brussel sprouts, green cabbage, celery, endive, kale, leeks, snow peas, spinach, and watercress

These foods can be partnered with scallops, curries, chicken, and even duck for a complete meal.

Stay tuned for the reveal of Red foods later this week!

Until then,

Happy kitchening, cooking & cuisine!