Unleashing Fruits and Vegetables: A-Z Using Ingenuity and Activity

On the cover are the velvet apple, which is found in the book, and the yardlong bean.

Let’s enjoy some apple fun. Make your own applesauce.

You will need:
1 quart peeled and sliced apples
1 cup water
½ cup sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice
cinnamon

Get ready to make applesauce!
Put apples, water, sugar and lemon juice in a sauce pan and cook until tender. It takes about 20 minutes.
Use a potato masher or an electric mixer to mash the mixture until it is smooth.
Put the applesauce in an airtight container and place in the refrigerator to cool.
Once cooled, top with a little cinnamon.
Enjoy a bowl of fresh applesauce.

Let’s learn about the yardlong bean. Some fruits and vegetables are called more than one name. The yardlong bean is also called the long podded cowpea, asparagus bean, snake bean, and the Chinese long bean. The yardlong bean is a vegetable. The bean pods are about a half a yard long. It grows on a vine. The bean pods hang in pairs. The yardlong beans are cooked like green beans.