Oof. This is a big one — the Brussels Sprout. Barbara over at Tigers and Strawberries was once a B-Sprout hater supreme. As she wrote earlier today: I used to hate brussels sprouts, and could never understand why in the world anyone in possession of their senses would ever want to eat one, much [...]
Surprise, surprise: most of them are fruits or vegetables. From Best Life Magazine, “Eat these eight foods every day to cover all your nutritional bases” Spinach Yogurt Tomatoes Carrots Blueberries Black beans Walnuts Oats Luckily, since eating the same stuff every day would get boring after, I don’t know, a day, they also provide substitutes. See also my Celsius1414 post on “Lowering cholesterol with food choices”. It’s [...]
Word of the day: leguminous adjective Botany of, relating to, or denoting plants of the pea family ( Leguminosae). They have seeds in pods, distinctive flowers, and typically root nodules containing symbiotic bacteria able to fix nitrogen. Despite the old song, I don’t believe beans are a fruit — it’s just harder [...]
Thanks to Rebecca’s Pocket for pointing to this Lentil Chili recipe by Mollie Katzen. As the description notes, the dish came out quite full-bodied and has some “depth” to its spices, although it did well with a few splashes of hot sauce. Tasty, filling, nutritious (crazy protein and fiber), and will keep me fed for [...]
This is one of those times where the ugly vegetable experiences of childhood are reborn in new, blissful awareness. Viz: chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans, ceci beans, etc. How would a childhood Roberto predict that those little, chalky orbs would someday be reincarnated in such wonders as hummus? Or, more immediately, this dish from 101 [...]
