Blog — fresh vegetables

Why buy local? Many often ask this question. Especially in an era where with the click of an app, whatever you desire can be delivered directly to your front door in mere hours. But when we choose to buy local products, we contribute directly to the growth and development of our community. And if that isn’t a big enough reason to shop local– here are a few more: Fresh tastes better For starters, local food tastes better because it is fresh. Think of the times that you’ve enjoyed an ear of sweet corn from a nearby farm–or how sweet and...

A Smoothie-a-Day Spring Challenge - Ladies and gentlemen, get ready to start your engines. Have a smoothie a day and fill your cup with real nutrition to get your Spring started right.  Every season is a chance for a FRESH START. Begins Monday March 20th. Follow @eatcleaner and @chefmareya, sign up to get your FREE eatCleaner Smoothie Recipes Book and tag us along with #asmoothieaday for a repost Don't forget to always wash all your produce with eatCleaner. For the smoothie challenge we recommend using our Food Grade Wash Powder, so you can easily soak all produce at once. Find all recipes HERE! ...

How to get your kids to love veggies  By Mareya Ibrahim, eatCleaner Founder   Ask most kids what their favorite food is and 10 times out of 10, it’s not going to be a vegetable. Somewhere between baby food and most children’s menus, when our little ones start making the transition to solid food, things go sideways. They begin with fruit and veggies – peas, carrots, spinach, green beans and veggie blends yet, somehow, from that point until they reach children’s menu age, the color fades from the plate like a person about to faint.  From a palette of red, orange, green,...

I’m HEAPING mad. I mean….I’m FUMING over the news that is breaking across the internet right now about the Dole Federal investigation. I think you will be just as outraged when you hear what’s happening. According to Food Safety News, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Dole in relation to the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that occurred in January 2016. Why the investigation? Well, apparently, Dole knew about the Listeria in their processing plants, and kept on producing leaving 33 people desperately ill and 4 dead in the wake of their disregard. This from the Food Safety News website: “Company...