“EAT YOUR GREENS”, SAYS GRANNY MOUSE
Vegetables—we all know that we have to eat them. But for those who really don’t like them, it can be really difficult to get in your daily servings. We’ve all heard it before, “eat your greens because they’re good for you” (thanks, mom!).
But how exactly are they good for us? Vegetables are excellent sources of various vitamins and nutrients that the body needs. Many have actually been labelled as super foods. Examples are carotenoids and folates. But, that’s not all that they’re important for. Vegetables are a rich source of fibre which is extremely important for gut health and the gastrointestinal tract as well as promoting the growth of good gut bacteria in our bodies.
Making vegetables appetizing to those who are not naturally convinced of their goodness can be tricky. Rather than relying on butter, cheese, and sugar -- which can make anything taste good but are not necessarily very good for one’s health -- it's best to embrace the techniques that maintain the nutritional integrity of vegetables. Some of the best tricks include using veggies in meat-centric dishes to replace the meat so that the overall dish is familiar and appetizing as well as seasoning and preparing vegetables the same way you would meat.
To help make sure that you hit your veggie intake, culinary artist Theo Mannie of Granny Mouse Country House and Spa shares some of his best vegetarian recipes. Even if you profess to be a carnivore who hates “rabbit food”, we are certain that you will be converted and, most certainly, come back for more.
