Garden Fresh ....

We have started harvesting garden fresh fruits and vegetables. I interpret fruit to be something that flowers then produces a delectable sweet treat.  A vegetable grows from a root or a stalk. Rhubarb, carrots, kohlrabi, radishes are examples of vegetables.  Strawberries, blueberries, apples, cucumbers, pumpkins are examples of fruits. 

Rhubarb picking

Our rhubarb patch has about twelve plants.  Now that I can't eat carbs, we are giving more of it away.  I can eat about a cup of rhubarb at a time with no sweetener.  I haven't figured out how to make it and sweeten it with liquid stevia.  

Rhubarb patch

I have three wooden boxes about two by four feet full of strawberry plants.  This year, they are loaded with strawberries.  Again a sad thing that I can only eat about an ounce of strawberries at a time.  I am thinking about trying to make a strawberry rhubarb smoothie with some coconut milk.  I will try anything once.

Strawberries by the pints

With all the rain, the plants are getting tall and full.  I can't wait to see how many strawberries we get.  I am sure that Dale will eat most of them while we are picking them.

Foot tall strawberry plant

Don't they look delicious?  They will be starting to turn red in the next week or so.  As I get my blood sugars in line and re-align my body, I will be able to eat more fruit and vegetables in season.  But for now, I will freeze some in small portions.  We are really only to have one serving of fruit a day as a snack.  1 ounce of strawberries has 5 grams carbs, 2 grams fiber (3 net carbs).  In case you are wondering, they estimate that 1 ounce is equal to 1/8 cup strawberries.

June Bearing Strawberries