Is one of your New Year's resolutions to eat a healthier diet? To achieve this, we advise you to first realize that it will entail some sacrifices, although with the passage of weeks you will get used to it and, when you start to feel better, you will be enormously happy to have taken that step. Everything goes through include highly nutritious foods in your diet replacing fried foods, sausages, soft drinks ... Here we offer you compelling reasons why one of these foods is cauliflower.
Belonging to the cruciferous family, and therefore a relative of cabbage and broccoli (other foods that cannot be missing from your table), cauliflower has very high levels of glucosinolates, which the body breaks down to form chemicals that can prevent cancer.
Cauliflower provides very few calories (approximately 27 per cup), which makes this food an ally for people who want to lose weight or maintain the line. If this year you want to get rid of those extra kilos once, bet on cauliflower; you will not be disappointed. In addition, it provides fiber, protein, vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin B6, folic acid, manganese, potassium, riboflavin, thiamine, magnesium, niacin and phosphorus. For all this, it is often considered a superfood.
When it comes to cooking, cauliflower it's really versatile, which is why it will not cost you to find a way to include it in your menu, either raw or cooked. In its natural state, that is, raw, it combines fruits and other vegetables very well. We recommend mixing it with carrots, onion, cabbage and peppers and adding a splash of vinegar. After cooking, its texture becomes smooth and buttery, ideal for preparing low-calorie creams. Mixed with egg, it has also been used successfully to create gluten-free pizza crusts and breadsticks.