Local Romanesco is this week’s Healthy Snack
Romanesco is a hybrid vegetable belonging to the Brassicaceae family (which includes kale, cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli) and is enriched with vitamin A, which is essential to the proper function of our eyes. It contains cancer fighting plant compounds and omega-3 fatty acids optimizing blood pressure, blood sugar levels and cholesterol. It aids in digestion, detoxification and weight loss.
As for its taste, it possesses a mild nutty cream-like flavor and is less bitter than regular broccoli and cauliflower; when cooked it gives off this chewy nutty sweetened flavor. When cooking, its best to undercook romanesco. One portion (1/2 cup) has 21 calories.
Our healthy snack is provided by Bause Catered Events in Pottstown with the help of a grant from the Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation.