A year ago last fall a friend brought me a queer-looking light-green squash-like fruit/vegetable to identify. She had found an unusual vine loaded with these oval-shaped fruits growing up and over a ...

Tomatoes, onions, potatoes, chayote squash — the Aztecs and Mayans knew a good thing when they saw it. Those civilizations first cultivated many of the foods we eat today. Their prize was chayote. In ...

Here are some things to do in the garden this week. Vegetables. Chayote (Sechium edule), a member of the squash family, is one of the easiest vegetables to grow. You simply place a whole choyote — ...

The chayote is low-calorie, low-carb (22-25 calories, 5 grams carbs to a cup, raw or boiled) and a respectable source of vitamin C. Shop for firm, smooth, blemish-free specimens; avoid ones with rust ...

Chayote squash is used in many ways, from soup to enchiladas as well for salsa and pickles. iStock Chayote squash is a little, lesser known squash that originates from South America and Mexico. It has ...

Each year, during the month of March we celebrate all things nutrition because it is National Nutrition Month. In the northeast, the temperatures are still low, and there is nothing more nutritious ...

Chayote squash, also called mirliton or vegetable pear, tastes like a combination of zucchini and cucumber. Its slight sweetness and firmness make this a light, bright salad to serve alongside chicken ...

Tomatoes, onions, potatoes, chayote squash — the Aztecs and Mayans knew a good thing when they saw it. Those civilizations first cultivated many of the foods we eat today. Their prize was chayote. In ...