Across
- 2. Iron is essential to enable a _____ ____ (2 words) to transport oxygen through the arteries
- 3. What will happen to a food left out, exposed to air, over time
- 5. Many people are allergic to this food, found in a shell and sold at ballparks
- 7. A macromolecule found in oil or butter
- 10. How one might describe blazin’ buffalo wings
- 11. All the foods that make up what a person or animal usually eats
- 12. The utensil used to poke or impale food at mealtime
- 17. This popular sandwich is not actually made from pork like the name implies
- 19. Hawaii’s most valuable fruit crop
- 22. It was once argued that the Earth was shaped like this, as opposed to round
- 23. A plant takes up water and nutrients from the soil through the ____
- 24. Abbrev. For American Heart Association
- 25. A topping you’d ask for on an ice cream
- 29. To make chocolate strawberries, you ___ them into melted chocolate
- 32. A one-word sport which involves moving heavy things, and sounds like it should be two words
- 35. sun in the summer, or stay warm in the winter
- 36. ShopRite’s Sarabeth or Lindsey, say
- 38. The theme of this crossword and the month of March
- 40. A place for fruit and vegetable-growers to sell their hard-earned crops, usually in the summer (2 words)
- 42. Do this with your teeth and jaw muscles when eating
- 43. A type of squash
- 45. You’d eat the skin of this food when raw, but peel it before cooking
Down
- 1. The richest source of iron in the American diet (2 words)
- 4. A popular canned fish with a high amount of protein
- 6. A type of food that is a source of Omega-3’s
- 8. Plants in the diet are the largest source of polyphenols, also known as…
- 9. The region where hummus originates (2 words)
- 13. A female sheep
- 14. A way to fell a tree, using a back-and-forth motion
- 15. Another name for the stomach, the belly, or the microorganisms within the digestive tract
- 16. These macromolecules in the diet help you build muscle
- 18. The whole _____ variety of wheat flour is the healthiest, as opposed to white
- 20. A plot of land where you would grow fruits and vegetables
- 21. The theme of the month of February, and Valentine’s icon
- 26. The season predicted by the groundhog
- 27. “Why was ___ afraid of seven?”
- 28. The action of a knife to food
- 30. A cherry or a peach contains this at the center
- 31. Another name for a type of poultry, like a scaredy-cat, say
- 32. An ancient (biblical) fermented fruit alcoholic beverage which contains the resveratrol antioxidant
- 33. The type of flower that makes a red or magenta-colored tea
- 34. How you might slowly drink a hot tea
- 35. Not a pin or a needle, but the item used on a bulletin cork board
- 37. Use this to chop wood
- 39. A popular food from Mexico, soft or crunchy
- 41. Lycopene is an antioxidant abundant in foods of this color
- 44. This organ in the body processes toxins, including alcohol
- 46. A type of show that is performed live in a theater