What is your favorite fruit or vegetable, and how do you like to eat it?
Fresh spinach sautéed in lemon-infused olive oil with a little salt and pepper. —Judy 68
Fresh green beens tossed with oil and roasted on a baking sheet and finished with fresh Parmesan. —Ray 68
Bananas. Always in season.
—Barbara, 84
The old reliable potato. When I’m angry, I can name it and mash it. I can stuff it with some of my other favorites. It can be fried, made into soup, is full of vitamins and fairly affordable. —Carol, 72
Peaches for peach cobbler, and turnip greens seasoned with ham. —Rodney, 56
Baked potatoes. —Everett, 77
Banana. It’s good, easy to peel, has lots of potassium and makes me feel like a monkey afterwards! —Ellen, 71
Blueberries, and I love to eat them in my cereal. —Lynne, 52
Apples. I love them fresh or cooked into anything. —Shirley, 74
Strawberry pie. I bake one pie crust, spread cream cheese over it, place half quart of strawberries on top and make a sauce with the rest to put on top. Chill and serve with whipped cream. —Barbara, 85
Asparagus. I bake it with olive oil, parmesan cheese, minced garlic, salt, pepper and lemon juice. —Daryl, 68
Cauliflower. Raw especially or cooked any way. —Karen 71
Black raspberries, very ripe. Tomatoes, but they also have to be ripe and from New Jersey. —Pat, 72
Corn on the cob. —Kathryn, 54
Acorn squash. I add a little brown sugar and butter and bake it. —Cliff, 70
Tomatoes from the garden, sliced up with a little salt. —Lynne, 50
Cantaloupe in fruit salad or a tomato off the vine. —Faye, 76
A strawberry milkshake with cherries on top and yellow peppers with Italian dressing. —Rana, 9
A peeled apple whole. —Daniel, 11
Watermelon sliced and de-seeded. —Kyle, 11
Sweet peppers and ranch dressing. —Evan 13
Carrots and ranch. —Caleb, 12
Kiwi sliced up. —Allie, 10
Sliced apples with peanut butter and cream cheese dip. —Jadslyn, 8
Sliced strawberries. —Nolan, 7
Apple, whole with my mouth. —Alex, 8
Strawberries with chocolate syrup. —Maggie, 10
Strawberries. —Paige, 2
Apple with peanut butter. —Levi, 6
Cauliflower with ranch. —Isabella, 9
Apples and peanut butter. —Chloe, 12
Bananas, whole. —Jack, 7
Mushrooms. —Pearce, 9
Strawberry applesauce. —Cole, 8
Cantaloupe cut up in pieces. —Drew, 11
Bananas, cut up. —Ian, 6
Blueberries by the handful. —Amelia, 10
We love tangerines! —Brothers Gabe, 12, and Luke, 8
Vegetables dripping with turkey gravy. —OutreachNC Co-editor Jeeves, 2