Vegetable of the week: Romanesco!!

Doesn't this look like a vegetable from outer space? My gosh, I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw it at the market this weekend and decided I HAD TO HAVE IT. What a fun seasonal vegetable! After doing a bit more research, here's what I found out about it:
Basically it is an edible flower that boasts the following

- Vitamin A

- Vitamin B1, Thiamin

- Vitamin B2, Riboflavin

- Vitamin B3, Niacin

- Vitamin B5, Pantothenic Acid

- Vitamin B6, Pyridoxine

- Vitamin B9, Folate

- Vitamin C

- Vitamin K

- Dietary Fiber

- Manganese

- Magnesium

- Protein

- Phosphorus

- Potassium

- Tryptophan

- Omega 3 Fatty Acids

Impressive eh?  One thing I've found when cooking romanesco is that it should only be cooked lightly or else its texture is ruined and its flavor tainted. 

Here's the big recipe that I am making this week substituting it for broccoli. http://ohsheglows.com/2011/01/06/energizing-spicy-broccoli-dal/

If you see romanesco at the store grab some and either make this delicious dish or roast it lightly in the oven with some coconut oil and pepper!

I'm Back!

Remember how I mentioned that Seattle's damp climate was one of the things that was hardest for me to get used to? Well it was hard for my immune system to get used to as well which explains my hiatus from blogging. Basically after a few weeks of battling what I thought was an epic cold, I found out I have an allergy to mold that happens to be growing in my house.... yikes! Thankfully I have a great staff of Naturopathic Doctors at the Bastyr clinic working on my case and I should be good to go. I'm back on board the blogging train and ready to share all that I've been learning these last few weeks.

The first thing I'd like to share is one of the amazing sources of anti-inflammatory omega 3, vitamin D and vitamin A I researched and found to be amazing.... COD LIVER OIL. I couldn't speak more highly of how much better I felt as soon as I started supplementing with it, AND my worries about not getting enough vitamin D living in Seattle are no more. Weston A. Price, a very reputable health source has some great research backing his claim that cod liver oil should be consumed everyday. Check out the following article: http://www.westonaprice.org/cod-liver-oil/clo-number-one-superfood

Are you supplementing with a fish oil? If not you might want to consider cod liver oil. This is the company I purchased mine from (http://www.greenpasture.org/public/Home/index.cfm) because it is not processed so the levels of D and A are the highest but you can simply grab some at whole foods. *warning* a bit of juice is needed to get it down but the benefits your body will reap from the icky taste will most definitely be worth it!: )