Have you also spotted them in cooking programs on TV and recipes on the internet? Sweet potatoes are growing in popularity. This vegetable is not actually a potato, but a tuber. Sweet potatoes are sometimes also known as yams.

They are popular for a reason. It is an incredibly healthy vegetable that is available in the shops twelve months a year. You can recognise them by their colour (often orange, but also other colours), and they stand out with their elongated to round shape. The firm interior tastes delightfully sweet. And they are very easy to prepare.

They are no longer considered a summer fruit. But whether you eat them in July or January: raspberries still give you that summery feeling. Delicious for munching on, on the go. There is a good reason for that: the red-pink raspberry with its velvety soft skin is a real vitamin C bomb. But the fruit offers lots of other possibilities. The recipes are just as surprising as their origin. The raspberry is in fact related to the rose!

Cranberries have become a firm winter favourite. This is partly due to their versatility, but mainly because they are a perfect companion to game dishes. In December, cranberries are especially popular due to their festive appearance. But did you know that cranberries are also very healthy? Read about it below in this blog.

Do you only snack on them because they are so delicious? Or because a bowl of shiny red strawberries makes you smile? Whoa! The speckled little fruit are also very healthy. Strawberries contain lots of vitamin C. That is precisely the vitamin that is said to have some properties that are essential for our body (and mind).

Vitamin C is good for resistance if you do a lot of physical exertion. It is important for your gums, nervous system and blood vessels. If you eat 100 grams of strawberries, that's 75% of the daily recommended amount of this essential vitamin right there.

It's quite something when a tiny little berry is declared a 'superfood' just like that. There it is, on a neat list along with broccoli, tomatoes, garlic, fatty fish and olive oil: the blueberry. This place is more than deserved, as it happens. There are quite a few substances in that purple-blue berry that will make your body happy.

Few exotic products are as well known as the kiwi. Its high vitamin C content has even earned the fruit the nickname of 'green gold'. Under its brown, hairy skin, you will also find fibre, minerals and antioxidants. What's more, the Chinese gooseberry – its official name – is not a threat to a slim figure either. In other words, it is high time we listed all the good qualities of the EAT ME kiwi.

Avocados are extremely healthy. An EAT ME avocado mainly contains unsaturated fats. And avocados are also rich in vitamin B6 and copper.

How conscious are you of your daily eating habits? Does your diet contain fruit and vegetables every day? All the experts agree: a responsible diet includes 250 grams of vegetables and two portions of fruit every day. And that is the minimum recommendation, so eating more fruit and vegetables is even better for you! But is every variety of fruit and vegetable suitable as an ingredient in a healthy meal? What about avocados?

The avocado is undoubtedly popular! The green-brown, pear shaped fruit is rapidly conquering the Netherlands. And that is partly due to the versatility of the soft, creamy flesh. And certainly because of the beneficial effects avocado has on your health. The EAT ME avocado is, for example, very rich in unsaturated fats. You know, the kind of fat that is good for our body. If you increase your intake of unsaturated fats and decrease your intake of saturated fats, you will see this reflected in your cholesterol levels: they will go down.

You will come across them in a large variety of recipes, from breakfast and lunch to dinner. Real foodies never skip a day. There is a reason why it is perhaps the most popular exotic fruit in Western Europe. We are talking about the avocado, that brown-green fruit that is conquering kitchens everywhere. And rightly so. Avocados are not only absolutely delicious, they also turn up on super food lists with great regularity. If you're watching your health, EAT ME avocados are simply a must-eat.

Fun quiz question: is the avocado a fruit or a vegetable? Experts tend to disagree on this sometimes. Per the official definition, the avocado is a fruit, even if it is also seen as a fruiting vegetable sometimes. That's because you will often find avocados next to cucumbers and tomatoes on the shelves. The Nutrition Centre sees it as a vegetable, because the avocado is usually eaten as a vegetable.

In the countries where it originally comes from, the fruit even has religious significance. That says a lot about the status the mango enjoys. In Western European kitchens, the mango is primarily an exotic fruit that we wouldn’t want to be without. Just think of all the ways you can use this fruit! Especially if you know the best way to prepare a ripe EAT ME mango: it’s actually very easy.

There are quite a few varieties of mango grown worldwide. In shops, you’ll usually come across four varieties, which differ in shape and colour: Kent, Keitt and Palmer.

You’ll also notice a slight difference in flavour between the varieties. Not much, though, as the juicy flesh of every mango is rich and sweet.