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Brassicas
Cooking the World's Healthiest Vegetables: Kale, Cauliflower, Broccoli, BrusselsSprouts and More [A Cookbook]
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The eighty inventive, flavorful recipes presented in Brassicas play to each vegetable’s strengths, favoring techniques that celebrate their intrinsic flavors instead of masking them by blanketing under layers of cheese or boiling. Think of the inherent sweetness that can be coaxed from perfectly roasted Brussels sprouts, or the bright, peppery punch of a watercress and arugula salad.
Straightforward cooking methods like roasting, sautéing, pickling, and wilting transform brassicas into satisfying dishes, such as Cauliflower Hummus, Spicy Kale Fried Rice, Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Parmesan Crust, and Broccoli and Pepper Jack Frittata. These recipes also maintain the vegetables’ stellar nutritional properties. High in vitamins and minerals, fiber, phytochemicals, and glucosinolates, brassicas have been shown to act as antioxidants, anticarcinogenics, anti-inflammatories, and liver detoxifiers, and have many other health benefits.
The beauty of these “superfoods” is on full display in Brassicas; exquisite photographs of brassica varieties in their raw forms—roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and buds—can be found throughout, helping you identify Lacinato kale from curly kale or mustard greens from collard greens at the farmers’ market or grocery store.
For those who observe certain dietary restrictions, author Laura B. Russell provides alternatives and tips to accommodate gluten-free, soy-free, vegetarian, and vegan diets. Equipped with complete selection, storage, washing, and prepping instructions, you can enjoy more of these nutritional powerhouses—from the commonplace kale to the more adventurous bok choy or mizuna—in your everyday meals.
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Release date
April 8, 2014 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781607745723
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781607745723
- File size: 15714 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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February 15, 2014
Russell (The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen), a former cookbook editor for Food & Wine, here explains the nutritional benefits of brassicas, a type of plant in the mustard family that includes kale, broccoli, and cauliflower, and shares 80 easy recipes grouped by main ingredient. A chapter offers tips on shopping, cooking, and taming strong flavors and odors, and a special diets table identifies recipes containing common allergens. VERDICT This attractive cookbook offers health- and wellness-focused readers delicious new recipes (e.g., smoky kale salad with toasted almonds and egg). Readers looking for a more comprehensive work with less of an emphasis on health might try Diane Morgan's essential Roots: The Definitive Compendium with More Than 225 Recipes.
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