Dates are considered a superfood, says Connie Elick, MS, RD, and instructor of plant-based culinary arts at the Institute of Culinary Education’s Los Angeles campus. "Their nutritional benefits relate ...

Dates 2 medjool dates, 32 grams of sugar The moist, chewy fruits are often mislabeled as “dried” fruit, but the dates sold in stores are a very ripe version of the date fruit, Rizzo notes.

My parents grow dates in their garden. Their dates are really the only things that grow super well, though. My dad keeps trying all kinds of different fruit. But during date season, our neighbors ...

People have been growing dates for at least 5,000 years. Dates are thought to be one of the first cultivated fruits in history, meaning that they were deliberately grown to eat rather than foraged ...