Boron is widely distributed in fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes. Itâs found to a much lesser extent in animal foods and most grains. Thus, a diet that emphasizes meats, eggs, milk and bread at the expense of fruits and vegetables is highly unbalanced with respect to this potentially essential nutrient.
Weâve got something new and exotic to replace traditional seasonal vegetables like potatoes, beets, carrots and winter squashes that youâll love. Hailing from around the world, our 5 new favorite roots and tubers are nutritious, delicious and perfect for this seasonâs stews, soups and roasts. Introduce your kitchen to the likes of cassava, jerusalem artichoke, yacon, oca, and reedmace for an exciting eating experience.
Tuber, short, thickened, mostly underground stem that constitutes the resting stage of certain seed plants. It bears minute scale leaves, each with a bud that has the potential for developing into a new plant. The potato is a typical tuber, as is the Jerusalem artichoke. The term is also used imprecisely but widely for fleshy roots or rhizomes of other plants that resemble tubersâe.g., the âtuberâ (actually a tuberous root) of a dahlia.