Red watercress has become the latest ‘must have’ of celebrity cooks.
Red watercress:
The variety of red watercress grown by the watercress company is Old Flame.
Watercress is classed as a superfood because it has high levels of antioxidants which increase the ability of cells to resist damage to their DNA, helping to protect against cancer.
The nutritional value of watercress:
Read more about the superfood watercress at www.thewatercresscompany.com
These 3 super veg are extra healthy and very easy to grow in the garden!
Kidney beans
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Broccoli
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Spinach
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These 3 Super Veg can be sown now and will grow in the Garden over the summer.
There is still time to plant fruit trees.
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The planting season is in their dormant season, any time during the winter and early Spring months.
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Growing fresh fruit gives lasting rewards! Fruit trees yield fruit year after year! Fruit is easy to store and contributes to a healthy diet
Fruit trees can be grown in a variety of places, and there are varieties for small spaces. Places to grow fruit trees include:
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Click this link to buy some fruit trees whilst there is still time to plant them.
The recently developed Moruno tomato has twice as much lycopene as normal tomatoes.
Lycopene:
Moruno tomatoes were developed in Spain, but are now on sale in Tesco! Moruno tomatoes are being dubbed superfoods because of their high cancer-fighting lycopene content.
Bramley Apple Week 2010 will be celebrated from 7 – 14 February 2010.
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Click here for more information about Bramley Apple week.
The Bramley Apple:
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Nutritional Value of Bramley apples
Bramley apples contain:
Bramley Apple Week 2010 is a reminder that an apple a day is the road to good health.
Sprouts are rich in vitamin C.
According to today’s Daily Mail a single sprout contains four times as much vitamin C as an orange.
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8 Brussels sprouts make up one portion, and will count as one of the 5 a Day vegetables.
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This sprout supper is quite delicious, (and can be varied by adding a few cooked chestnuts), and very healthy as sprouts are so rich in Vitamin C.
Fresh, homegrown Blueberries are possible! Blueberries are superfruits with special health giving benefits. They can be grown in the ground or in containers, on the patio, & will make a great gift or Christmas present for the gardener who has everything!
Click this link to buy a blueberry plant.
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Soil for blueberries should be:
Nutritional value of blueberries:
Blueberry bushes:
Health giving properties of Blueberries:
Click this link to buy blueberries.
TopVeg has been named a Top 50 Healthy Living Blog by The Health Sensei.
They say “If you want to grow fresh vegetables for your family and plan for a constant supply, then visit this site (TopVeg) to learn more about how to accomplish those goals.”
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To look at the rest of the list of Healthy Living Blogs, visit http://mastersinhealthcare.org/2009/top-50-healthy-living-blogs/
TopVeg strives to demonstrate how easy it is to grow enough fruit & vegetables to feed a family, if the right systems are used. So TopVeg is honoured to be named a Top Healthy Living Blog!
Heritage vegetables are beneficial to health according to research at the University of Brunswick, in Germany. Results reveal a chemical constitution more favourable to health in the case of heritage potatoes than with our modern varieties. The Blue Congo potato possesses as many antioxidant molecules as cranberries – one of the top super foods!
Heritage vegetables are the old fashioned varieties grown by previous generations of vegetable gardeners. These have been replaced by ‘improved’ varieties, with higher yields, disease resistance, and superior keeping qualities.
Older varieties of potato (Solanum tuberosum) being grown, which are
coloured, and therefore high in antioxidants, include:
* Salad Blue
* Shetland Black – very dark blue skin, yellowish flesh with a blue vascular ring,tasty & floury
* Arran Victory – blue skinned & high yielding
* Highland Burgundy Red – burgundy red inside with a ring of white flesh just under the skin
Heritage leaf vegetables include:
* red orache - (Atriplex hortensis), also called mountain
spinach or French spinach, is an annual with purple leaves which
have a salty, spinach-like taste.
* anise hyssop – (Agastache anethiodorum) a mint, with aniseed
flavoured leaves, delicious in salads. The pointed leaves can be infused in a bottle of dry white wine to give a subtle aniseed taste.
* good king henry – (Chenopodium bonus-henricus) also called
mercury, Lincolnshire spinach or poor man’s asparagus
Heritage vegetables have superb flavours and taste. They have to be picked more often than their modern cousins, as they do not keep so well. But growing heritage vegetables in the kitchen garden is well worth the effort & have the added advantage of being beneficial to health.
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