BELL PEPPERS aka SWEET PEPPERS aka CAPSICUM

Being a staple in my house I was both fascinated and frightened to learn that the Bell Pepper is so toxic when grown conventionally, and when you go to go a regular grocery store…you’re not likely to find an organic offering. Yet peppers at FARMER’S MARKETS are cheap, cheap, cheap and pesticide free, free, free! Remember though, ORGANIC FOOD is more than just pesticide free—it’s a whole farming culture supporting the food, the farmers and the land...and it pretty much guarantees a superior crop so chew on that!

I really hate green bell peppers, I think they taste insipid…kind of remind me of cut grass and Old El Paso taco sauce. Not good. I only stick to the colorful varieties—which are the same damn things as the green ones, only more mature. In fact, green, white, brown and purple are all immature bell pepper colors. Red, yellow, light purple, and orange are all mature colors. A red bell pepper has double the vitamin content as a green one!