This month’s featured vegetable of the month on one of my favorite websites (www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org) is rhubarb. In the last couple of years I developed a liking for rhubarb. I’m not sure if this is because I usually eat the rhubarb in a dessert and I have a terrible sweet tooth or if I really do like the flavor…either way it’s a great way to get in another serving of vegetables in my diet. Yes, that’s right you read it correctly: vegetable. Rhubarb is actually a vegetable but we think of it more as a fruit as we can it into jam or jelly and use it in desserts like we would apples or strawberries. Here is my pan of cut up rhubarb that I made into a delicious cake. Recipes usually ask for a great deal of sugar to sweeten the rhubarb up so if you are watching calories and sugars, try using Splenda or the Splenda blend when baking. You can also check out the website above for more ideas on how to prepare and serve fruits and vegetables.
Enjoy!
-Kelsey
