Edible Green Gem
By hezamarie on Mar 15, 2007 | In Fine Eats, Homesick | 5 feedbacks »
From a nutritional standpoint, Romanesco is easy to digest and is suitable for people on a restricted or bland diet because of it's tender structure. It contains little carbohydrates, but makes up for this deficit with important minerals such as Potassium (for a happy heart), a lot of Vitamin K (good for blood coagulation), and comparatively speaking, tons of Vitamin C. 200 grams of Broccoflower contains the Recommended Daily Allowance for Vitamin C.
Romanesco Stats
Broccoflower (raw), 1 cup (93g)
Calories: 20
Protein: 1.88g
Carbohydrate: 3.9g
Total Fat: 0.19g
Fiber: 2.0g* Excellent source of: Vitamin C (56mg)
source: Wikipedia
5 comments
James Cooper says:
Hmm, I've had broccoflower on several occasions but I remembered it as looking more like green cauliflower. Perhaps I just hadn't seen the whole plant and never realized how exotic it looked, or maybe that's just a different variety from the one I know.
Hmm...
Hmm...
on Fri, March 16, 2007 @ 16:54
Maribeth says:
Have you seen the orange cauliflower? I like it because it lessens the somewhat harsh flavor of cauliflower, but has the same consistency.
on Sat, March 17, 2007 @ 14:17
When I was younger, my father grew a vegetable garden and we grew "broccoflower" one year. It grew very similarly to the cauliflower
I am sorry to here about your knee! I guess you will see what surgery is like in Germany too? Good luck! Make sure Alex takes good care of you!
I am sorry to here about your knee! I guess you will see what surgery is like in Germany too? Good luck! Make sure Alex takes good care of you!
on Mon, March 19, 2007 @ 03:41
pinger says:
cool-looking plant. no cheddar cheese in germany?
anything from the states you want that could help your healing?
went to a gay b-day/st patty party last night. very fun - and they had a great spread of food including a chocolate fountain, hot cheezy dip in crock pot and much more. coupled w/ my jello shots, i was very content :)
now, i have to cram for a 8 am midterm.
anything from the states you want that could help your healing?
went to a gay b-day/st patty party last night. very fun - and they had a great spread of food including a chocolate fountain, hot cheezy dip in crock pot and much more. coupled w/ my jello shots, i was very content :)
now, i have to cram for a 8 am midterm.
on Mon, March 19, 2007 @ 06:51
hezamarie says:
@ Pinger: we can find cheddar cheese here, in fact all cheese, but it isn't all that common in all the supermarkets. Plus in comparison to other cheeses it's really expensive, so we don't bother.. but on occasion.
oh, you're so sweet to offer. I'm told Germans are too hard core when it comes to handling pain in comparison to US Americans. i.e. I met a guy who broke a bone in his foot and the emergency hospital give him only one tablette of Ibuprofen and sent him on his way. I'm normally fine with less medicine.
good luck on your midterms!
oh, you're so sweet to offer. I'm told Germans are too hard core when it comes to handling pain in comparison to US Americans. i.e. I met a guy who broke a bone in his foot and the emergency hospital give him only one tablette of Ibuprofen and sent him on his way. I'm normally fine with less medicine.
good luck on your midterms!
on Tue, March 20, 2007 @ 19:37
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