Spend more time on the ends of the supermarket near the fresh vegetable and fresh fruit aisle, and look for things that are affordable.

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The restaurant was unique in that large plates of every fresh vegetable you can think of were provided during the meal, creating a hearty and healthy eating experience.

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The fresh vegetable price index rose from 17.1 percent in January to 31 percent in October, while the fresh fruit price index rose from 9.8 percent to 17.7 percent.

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Mashed, shaped into batons and boiled, or even French fried, celery root can provide a winning accompaniment to a fresh green vegetable or salad and anything roasted or grilled.

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Our food bank in Cape Town just relocated right next to the fresh fruit and vegetable market.

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But when really fresh fish is available, islanders add it to their colorful fried-vegetable couscous, as I have in the recipe here.

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French beans and mange tout may be the staple of a gourmet's supermarket basket, but according to the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya, these luxury vegetables that account for more than two thirds of Kenya's vegetable exports to supermarkets are not consumed by the domestic market.

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