Word: spinach
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Finally, don't expect a pill to make up for an unhealthy life-style. No herb can take the place of exercise. Some of the most healthful plants you can consume are leafy green vegetables like broccoli and spinach...
...like most Americans, you've heard only half the message. Vegetable consumption has jumped 20% in the U.S. over the past quarter-century, according to a study in last week's issue of Cancer. Trouble is, we're still not eating enough of the leafy green vegetables, like spinach, brussels sprouts and broccoli, that do the most to promote good health. Instead half of all the vegetable servings we consume are potatoes--and half of those are French fries...
...fresh produce if at all possible. Canned spinach is a horror. I prefer to wilt 10 oz. of spinach quickly in a covered skillet with a little water and lemon juice or with some garlic and a teaspoon of olive oil. It takes just three minutes to steam broccoli until it's bright green and a little crunchy--and it then retains its vitamins and other nutrients...
Need to lose a few pounds? Should you a) swear off ice cream and take up bicycling; b) eat raw spinach and tofu for breakfast, lunch and dinner, or c) avoid sugar, carrots and potatoes? If you picked C, you've probably been reading The Zone (more than 1 million copies sold!), The Five-Day Miracle Diet (lose your cravings in just five days!) or Sugar Busters!, the book about the unlikely new diet craze (started in, of all places, New Orleans) that will claim first place on the New York Times best-seller list next Sunday...
...word of advice: it is an exercise in absurd and repetitive gluttony to order either mussels or calamari as an appetizer followed by this seafood risotto. Veal Saltimbocca, of questionable relation to its somersaulting, juggling epinome, is scallopinied and topped with melted mozzarella cheese. A fragrant layer of sauteed spinach, sage and bits of prosciutto is sandwiched between the meat and melted mozzarella cheese. The strong, smoky flavor translates admirably into a midnight leftover snack...