[chef] Is there mechanism in Chef to capture return value of the command executed using "execute resource"?

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Is there mechanism in Chef to capture return value of the  command executed
using "execute resource"?  

For example, consider I am calling following resource in some recipe.

execute "execute_foo" do
   command "foo"     <<< "foo" is executable which returns some value. It 
could
be string or number.
end

Based on the return value of "foo", I should decide whether to execute
following resources or not ! 

if 'foo' returns "apple"
        execute "apple"
if 'foo' returns "tomato"
        execute "tomato"
etc . . .

I try to use notify, only_if or not_if clauses but couldn't develop logic
around it. As per my understanding those do binary comparison based on true or
false return value. 

I want to achieve something like below - 

if (foo() == apple)
        print fruit
else if(foo() == tomato)
        print vegetable
else if ... 


Thanks,
Aditya