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MerryChristmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays from The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria LIberati tm..hope you are adding soem of these healthy veggies to your table for this Christmas Holiday season!
Are you trying to clean up your diet and start eating more healthily? Eating more vegetables has many health benefits that your body needs, including high levels of vitamins and nutrients. Here are a few types of vegetables that you should incorporate into your cooking each day.
Cruciferous Vegetables
First, you should be eating and cooking more cruciferous vegetables. Cruciferous vegetables include kale, broccoli, cauliflower, arugula, brussels sprouts, radishes, collards, and more. These vegetables are packed with nutrients that your body needs to thrive, in addition to being high in fiber and low in calories. They’re also high in the vitamins Folate and Vitamin K, which can help strengthen cell growth and bone strength among other things.
Many of these vegetables are in season during the winter, which makes it easier to eat healthy during the cold months when many other types of produce aren’t readily available. Many of these vegetables also have high amounts of Vitamins A and C. There are many delicious ways to cook these vegetables as a side or main entree. You can even cook and blend up these vegetables to make a delicious veggie sauce, such as a creamy cauliflower sauce.
Leafy Greens
Next, make sure that you’re incorporating more leafy greens into your diet. Leafy greens promote heart health with high levels of folate, Vitamin B, fiber, potassium, iron, magnesium, and calcium. Some of these vitamins might even help to prevent birth defects if you’re pregnant.
Spinach also contains essential nutrients that help your teeth stay strong. If you’re trying to work more leafy greens into your diet, don’t feel like you have to eat salad for every meal. You can cook these leafy greens into protein dishes, add them to pasta, blend them into sauces, cook them in quiches, or even blend them into your morning smoothies.
Gourd Vegetables
Finally, gourd vegetables, such as squashes and melons, have many health benefits that you should be taking advantage of. They’re high in antioxidants and Vitamin C, among other vitamins. Melons are a core part of a delicious fruit salad. Squashes and gourds can be cooked in many delicious ways. For example, spaghetti squash is one of the easiest and most delicious options for incorporating more vegetables into your meals. You can cook spaghetti squash in your oven and serve it with all sorts of delicious sauces. You can even cook some spaghetti squash and mix it with your angel hair pasta or spaghetti pasta.
So, if you’re trying to incorporate more vegetables into your daily diet, remember this article. You should be cooking with more cruciferous vegetables, leafy greens, and gourd vegetables to receive many health benefits. Eating more vegetables will help you to be more healthy and have more delicious variety in your meals.
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