Spinach - more than a superfood for Popeye ?

Did you realise that spinach is one of the healthiest foods you can eat?

Unlike many of the other so-called superfoods, spinach is a readily available vegetable and is affordable in most countries of the world.

Spinach contains vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients and it's easy to add to the food in any meal, raw (for baby spinach) or cooked.

Surprisingly, nearly 50% of the caloric value of spinach comes from the plant proteins, which makes spinach a rich  source of protein. Just one cup of spinach provides more than 10% of the recommended daily requirements of protein.

It's also one of nature's best sources of antioxidants which help the immune system fight infections.

Spinach Recipes

Alissa's Mackerel Salad Recipe - this is one of our family favourites as it's so easy to throw together and yet guests are always asking how to make it - so I guess that means they enjoy it.

Hot Potato Salad with Chicken & Spinach - another family favourite which is wonderful on a warm summers day.  It's unusual in that it includes hot potatoes which just wilt the spinach, and it's wonderfully tasty.

Salad recipes - instead of your usual leaves, use baby spinach or add half baby spinach with your usual leaves (lettuce, rocket etc).

Find out more about diet & living longer from the Abkhasians - who have hardly any of the common diseases known to Western society, partially due to their diet.

Learn more about the nutritional value of spinach at http://www.spinachwords.com/index.shtml