Talking about the benefits of eating seasonal food is simple. But in practice it is not as easy as it seems at first. To throw in some fresh ideas for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, let's stop at perhaps the healthiest local December product — pumpkin. Choose the most orange ones if you like pleasure and “carrot” carotene flavor, pale yellow-hot elongated ones, if you want “more vegetable”. The delicate taste of any variety will allow you to quickly prepare a wide variety of food: from a creamy breakfast, a light salad or a main vegetable dish to an ingredient for desserts.
Pumpkin has a lot of vitamins A, B, C, PP, E (prevents wrinkles, aging, if eaten regularly), fiber, minerals calcium, iron, sugar, copper, fluorine, zinc. And also rare vitamin T, which promotes the absorption of heavy food and pectin, helps to remove cholesterol from the body, radioactive substances, toxic metals, radionuclides and pesticides. Carotene in combination with vitamin E in pumpkin is an excellent immunostimulant that prevents colds and supports the functioning of the retina. Having learned about all this, you can not help but cook.
- 500 g pumpkin
- 1 small white onion or shallot
- 15 g ginger
- 350 ml of boiling water
- 60 ml of coconut milk
- pinch of chili
Add onion, ginger and chopped pumpkin in a frying pan in olive oil until softened. Pour in the broth, milk and add the chili. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook for 25 minutes (with a larger volume, cook soup for up to an hour). Allow to cool slightly, beat with a blender and serve with herbs — mint, green onions, you can sprinkle with lime or lemon juice or pour a little coconut milk on top. Instead of stewing, you can use ready-made baked pumpkin.
Add onion, ginger and chopped pumpkin in a frying pan in olive oil until softened. Pour in the broth, milk and add the chili. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook for 25 minutes (with a larger volume, cook soup for up to an hour). Allow to cool slightly, beat with a blender and serve with herbs — mint, green onions, you can sprinkle with lime or lemon juice or pour a little coconut milk on top. Instead of stewing, you can use ready-made baked pumpkin.
