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Packing a
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One medium-sized red bell pepper
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contains approximately 150 percent of the
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P unch
BELL PEPPER
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recommended daily allowance for vitamin C,
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GROWING REGIONS
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making it a great food source for this vitamin.
FACT
1. The High Plains
5. Trans Pecos
2. North Texas
6. Winter Garden
3. East Texas
7. Coastal Blend
Bell peppers were given the name
4. Central Texas
8. Rio Grande Valley
“peppers” by Christopher Columbus
Finish the
and Spanish explorers who were
Color in the white pepper on each
looking for plants called “peppercorn”
row with either red, yellow or green
pattern
to make black pepper.
to properly complete each pattern.
Red and Yellow
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Bell Pepper
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I’m Benny Bell Pepper. My family of red
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and yellow peppers grow everywhere in
Texas and are popular cooking ingredients
in kitchens all over the world. I am
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considered the full-grown bell pepper,
because I am picked later than other bell
Caribbean
peppers. People tell me I have a sweet,
almost fruity taste. My yellow brothers and
INGREDIENTS
Fi esta!
sisters are picked in the middle of their
1 tablespoon olive oil • 1 chicken tender, cut into bite-sized pieces
growing time and are in between green
• Dash of seasonings like curry, allspice, and scotch bonnet pepper
and red on how ripe they get. Yellows are
sauce (optional) • 8 blue or yellow corn tortilla chips • ¼ cup
a little less sour than the green youngsters.
pinto and/or black beans, rinsed and drained • 4 grape tomatoes,
chopped • ½ red bell pepper, seeded and diced •
green
1 / 3
onion, peeled and chopped • 1 ounce low-fat shredded cheddar
jack cheese
Joke of the
PREPARATION
month
1. In a nonstick skillet, warm the olive oil over medium heat. Add the
chicken, season with optional spices, and cook for about 5 minutes,
or until cooked through. 2. Evenly spread the tortilla chips on a plate
and evenly distribute chicken, beans, tomatoes, bell peppers, and
green onions. Top with cheese and microwave for 1 minute or until
Q: What kind
cheese is melted.
of socks do you
Recipes courtesy of:
need to plant
bell peppers?

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