Benefits of Fresh Veggies

Week 3 Peaceful Belly Produce Pick-Up

Chard:
Ever used Chard in your kitchen before? Here’s a simple yet delicious way to use up some of the Chard from this week’s pick up at Peaceful Belly. Creamy Swiss Chard recipe: http://www.recipezaar.com/57123

While chard is a great source of Thiamin (also known as B1) plays a major role in converting carbohydrates and fat into energy. Chard is also a great source of Folate, Zinc, Vitamin’s A, C, E, K and B6. When eating Chard, you also receive the benefit of Calcium, Iron, and Dietary Fiber to name a few of the good – the only drawback that I could find was the high Sodium content found in Chard.

Green Onion:
(I don’t particularly care for the onion – of any sort, so you’re on your own with this one…)

Spinach:
Like Chard, Spinach is very high in Sodium and contains Zinc, Vitamin’s A, C, B6, E, K and Thiamin. Spinach is low in saturated fat and very low in cholesterol…

Recipe: Spinach Egg & Mushroom Scramble (made it up as I went along)

Ingredients

• Eggs – 3, scrambled
• Milk – splash (for eggs)
• A handful of spinach leaves.
• Mushrooms – 3 button mushrooms, sliced
• Garlic – 2 or 3 small cloves, crushed.
• Oil or butter for sauté
• Salt & pepper to taste

Method:
Scramble eggs and milk and set aside.

1. In a non-stick skillet, warm oil or butter and once warm, add garlic – lightly brown
2. Slightly increase temperature and add mushrooms
3. Add the spinach leaves and continue to sauté
4. Once the mushrooms and spinach leaves appear to be cooked through – add the eggs
5. Allow the eggs to cook in layers – turning only after the bottom layer has cooked (this creates a fluffier scramble)
6. Continue until the eggs are completely cooked
7. Serve at once with fresh fruit, toast and juice.

Arugula:
With its distinctive peppery flavor, Arugula is also known as “rocket, roquett, rugula, and rucola.” Try Arugula with other leafy greens as a tossed salad – or add some Arugula, pine nuts, olive oil and Parmesan cheese to create a wonderful version of pesto sauce for pasta tonight.