Among the World’s Healthiest vegetables, spinach comes out at the top of the ranking list for nutrient richness; vitamins and minerals. Eat spinach to protect yourself against inflammatory problems, oxidative stress-related problems, cardiovascular problems, bone problems, and cancer.
We all know that Popeye made himself super strong by eating spinach.
I remember when we were kids, we used to call it popeye food, we never even called it spinach! We loved this dish and we were convinced whenever we had it for lunch we get super powers!
So while spinach probably won’t make you super strong the minute you eat it, as it did for Popeye, it will promote your health and vitality in many other ways. It seems like Popeye was pretty smart after all.
Spinach with rice is one of the traditional lebanese food. To prepare this super dish you need: (serving 4 persons)
- 1 kg spinach chopped
- 250g minced beef
- 1 big onion chopped
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp salt
- juice of 2 lemons
- handful pine nuts (about 30g)
- 1 cup of water
Bring olive oil to heat and cook the onions until tender and fragrant. Add the minced beef and cook until brown then add the pine nuts and cook until it’s all well done.
Stir in the chopped spinach, you can use them fresh or frozen, with one cup of water. When they start boiling, bring the heat to low, cover the pot and simmer for 20-25 minutes. Put the heat off and add the salt and lemon and serve it with rice.
There’s a compound in spinach called oxalic acid, which blocks the absorption of calcium and iron. An easy way to solve this problem is to pair spinach with a food high in vitamin C, that’s why lemon is a necessity to benefit from this recipe.
Cook it for your loved ones and enjoy its wondrous benefits.
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