I have been seeing
things through the green colored glasses lately. It must be spring, the season
of growth and new beginnings. For the first time I appreciate the wisdom of
eating the seasonal food. For some reason I have become drawn to food that
reminds me of spring. I see green color everywhere and I love it. This
preoccupation with green color became an inspiration for today’s recipe. This
is green lunch of edamame, green beans, peas and artichokes. I love it with
rustic bread or bruschetta. I think that, the taste is more vibrant, when eaten
warm, but definitely, it is also great cold. Another good thing about this dish
is that, you can do it very fast. Most ingredients can be found in your freezer.
You olny need to remember to have marinated artichokes and orange at home. This
time I also added shredded zucchini, but I imagine we can modify this basic
recipe by adding anything else which is green. For example we can add asparagus
or baby spinach. While for this recipe I used fresh orange juice, because my
goal was to keep with the greene color theme, I also think that, we can add orange
pieces, instead of the juice. So there you go, there are many variations to this
recipe and I hope that, I got you inspired and you will join me with celebrating
this wonderful season of the year. ENJOY.
By the way, today I decided to change
the presentation of my recipe and included nutritional value along with it (Ingredients are for 1 serving and nutritional value does not include bread). I
hope that you find it very helpful.
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Ingredients
· 1/2 cup edamame · 1/2 cup peas · 1/2 cup green beans · 7 artichoke hearts · Juice from 1/2 orange · 1/2 zucchini · 1 garlic clove · Olive oil · Salt, pepper |
Nutritional value
Vitamin E 32% Vitamin A 53% Vitamin B1 34% Vitamin B2 32% Vitamin B3 20% Vitamin B5 10% Vitamin B6 27% Vitamin B12 0% Folate 92% Vitamin C 100% Calcium 12% Magnesium 32% Iron 23% Zinc 15% Potassium 31% Dietary fiber 75% Protein 31% Fats 60% |
Directions
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