vegetables

With summer's bounty upon us, let's take a closer look at Illinois's unexpected culinary hero — zucchini. Who would have thought?

There was already a potential problem with many cucumbers widely available in Illinois, but now it's known the risk is greater than previously thought. A previous recall has now been expanded due to a dangerous contamination that now includes even more vegetables.

I love life hacks and especially the ones that cost very little money. As a nearly lifelong Missouri resident, I had never heard of a simple one, but it's genius and could save your food. I'll explain why every person in Missouri should put paper towels in their fridge as soon as possible.

If you've purchased frozen vegetables from a grocery store in Missouri or Illinois recently, time to check the freezer as there is now an urgent recall due to possible listeria contamination.

Good news if you're living the veg life here in Illinois.

You'd think with all the pizza served up across Illinois our favorite vegetable would be tomatoes.

If you can't make it to the farmers market, you should try some Community Supported Agriculture instead.

The participants ate a minimum of one cup of greens--such as spinach or kale--at least once a day, and were monitored over the course of five years.