From time to time you can find exotic products on the shelves of supermarkets and shops, and among them - rare vegetables. They should be included in your diet, because these vegetables contain many useful substances. Rare but extremely healthy vegetables.
Instructions
Step 1
Let's start with the artichoke. It tastes good and also has medicinal and dietary properties. This vegetable is rich in B vitamins, minerals and fiber. You can eat both ripe inflorescences and young shoots. They are boiled, canned, pickled, and later added to pizza, salads, pasta, pies and bread.
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Parsnip, although it has an unusual taste, helps to improve digestion and is considered a dietary product, as it is a diuretic and stimulates metabolism. Parsnips contain phosphorus, sulfur, silicon, potassium, chlorine. It can be eaten raw, as well as steamed, boiled, or baked.
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Now let's say a few words about rhubarb. It contains many acids, vitamins of groups C, A, B and the substance rutin. Only the stems are eaten, which are almost entirely water. But rhubarb can only be called a dietary product in its raw form, because when preparing many dishes from this vegetable, you need a lot of sugar. Rhubarb is added to first and second courses, drinks, salads and pies.
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A bit like dill with its leaves, fennel is next on our list. Its leaves contain rutin, ascorbic acid, vitamins B, E and K, carotene. Fennel contains essential oils, fatty oils, sugars and proteins. It is good for digestion and is used as an expectorant. Fennel is a fairly popular condiment due to its pleasant smell. All parts of the plant can be eaten, processed or raw.
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"Earthen pear" or Jerusalem artichoke. The plant can act as a substitute for potatoes, while it contains more vitamins. Jerusalem artichoke tubers contain carotene, pectin, fiber, insulin and amino acids. Jerusalem artichoke is stewed, fried, evaporated, boiled or used raw.
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The next vegetable is chicory. It is distinguished by the presence of iron and potassium, which has a beneficial effect on the work of the heart. The beneficial properties of chicory also consist in the content of vitamin B, which has a good effect on the nervous system. Chicory is most often eaten raw and used in salads.
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Squash is a type of pumpkin. They are rich in fiber, sugar, starch, proteins, pectin, and many vitamins. Patissons normalize metabolism, prevent diseases of the cardiovascular system, kidneys and liver. Their juice removes salts from the body, improves bowel function and calms the nervous system. This vegetable is consumed fried, boiled, stewed or stuffed.
