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10 Vegetables and Fruits You Want in Your Diet in 2011

The Old Poway Park Farmer's Market offers different veggies and fruits for a healthy diet. Here are 10 you definitely want to have plenty of in 2011.

What is it about the "la dolce vita," or the sweet life, that we’re all searching for? Love, happiness, the perfect job? Maybe it’s simpler than that. Food is simply sweet in more ways than just its taste. Food draws people together. When we cook and share food, the world seems to slow down and we are able to absorb the sweetness of life. Here’s to that goal for 2011.

Growing within the New Year is about furthering one’s lifestyle goals. Most goals for the 2011 are about the quickest method to losing weight or self improvement with health as a top ambition. But one doesn’t need to be a top chef to enjoy the simplicities of a Farmer’s Market.

Try out these unique foods at the Old Poway Park Farmer’s Market:

And, for more on nutritional ingredients see the following book, Prescription for Nutritional Healing. In 2011, we can combine our creativity and need for a healthy lifestyle just by shopping for what’s new, fresh, and local.

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