Don’t mock the tofu!
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Tofu is a good source of protein and many people worldwide include tofu as an ingredient in their diet. Tofu is often eaten as cubes floating in soup or mixed with salad ingredients.
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A Mediterranean thistle
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Globe or French artichoke is nothing more than a thistle cultivated for culinary needs. What? Yes, these guys with sharp prickles that can cover a stem, leaves or be all over …
Strong like Popeye
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We can’t help but remember the joy of watching Popeye the Sailor series with his famous “I’m strong to the “finich”, ’cause I eats me spinach” line. In the cartoon, in …
The blossom of the chives
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Chives are beautiful representatives of alliums – the genus that also includes the well-known and loved-by-many-people common onions, garlic, leek, shallots, scallions. The latter looks almost like chives, tastes almost like …
The unjustly forgotten vegetable
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Parsnips are hardly ever counted as a sought after ingredient. But they should. This root vegetable was so much esteemed in the past that it was once used as a part of the tribute paid to Rome.
