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VIDEO: How To Shop For The Healthiest Vegetables, Sweet Corn

Whether it be finding the right lettuce for your salad, or the tastiest mushrooms for your burger, this farm has the answer.

Summer sweet corn may not be as American as mom and apple pie, but it's close.

Didier Farms in Lincolnshire has plenty of corn. And now is the time for eating.

"We're know for our sweet corn. We pick it every day," said Joan Didier of Didier Farms. "Our farm is very active."

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From eggplants to zucchini to green beans, these fresh vegetables are perfect to prepare for a tasty summer meal. What's the best way for maximum flavor?

"The best way is fresh. So if you buy them today, you want to eat them within a week," said Didier. "That would give you the best vitamins."

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(Video) Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch interviewed Didier where she explained more in detail how to prepare her family's fruits and vegetables.

Didier Farms has a table all summer at the Lake Bluff Farmer's Market, which runs 7 a.m. to noon Fridays through Oct. 14.

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