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
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