Cook with Fruits

Ingredients  1 long cucumber 5 sundried tomatoes (about 89 g dried) 150 g yellow bell peppers ½ avocados (medium size, type hass, you need only the yellow part) 5 g seedless olive oil (optional) 1 g salt (optional) all the ingredients are given for one abundant portion Procedure Soak the sundried tomatoes in water for at least half hour and remove the seeds (even if they do not contain salt); Peel the cucumbers; Spiralize the fruits with the spaghetti blade (there are several tools in the market); Cut the peppers and remove seeds and white parts; Cut the avocados in 4 slices and use a spoon to take only the yellow pulp; Blend the ingredients for the sauce; Cut the sundried tomatoes in small pieces, add them to the sauce with the exception of 3 or 4 per portion; Add the sauce to the spaghetti; Serve them with few sundried tomatoes and a little of olive oil on top.

When taking ethics into our food choices, we probably tend to avoid meat and fish. Recently, vegans avoid all animal products because of the torture and animal exploitation. It is less common to consider also plants in our circle of compassion. What do we know about Plants? In the last decades, there have been many studies in Plant neurobiology (e.g. [1]). They study their chemical and electrical signals, related perception and behavior.   Plants attract animals with their juicy and sweet fruits. They nourish them and, at the same time, animals disseminate their seeds far away from the plant. Plants cleverly created this symbiosis with animals where we, plants and fruit eaters, can help each other and grow together. When attacked by herbivores or pathogens, they increase the production of secondary metabolites to protect themselves. Some of these toxins, in large quantities, are even able to kill animals [2]. Here the effect of music on plant growth by the experiment...