➤ When: For most of the United States, the peak onion season is late summer and early fall. Look for cipollini onions (small, flat, and very sweet) and torpedo onions (they’re red!). Try new onions you’ve never tried; their flavors are all slightly different.
➤ What to Look For: Avoid onions that have sprouts, mold, or soft spots. Fresh onions will last two weeks before they begin to sprout: most of the available onions are storage onions, which have been dried and last for months. Buy white, yellow, and red. If you can buy only one, buy white: the flavor is clean and fresh.
➤ Why: Onions contain age-reducing flavonoids and selenium. Another age-reducing benefit is that certain substances (we do not know what substances) in onions inhibit the bacteria associated with stomach ulcers.
➤ How to Use: Many dishes could use an onion, so have them on hand at all times. Sauté, grill, roast, or simmer them. Add them to sauces or vegetable medleys. Caramelize onions as a topping for portobello mushrooms or tuna steak. For a pasta sauce with a twist, blend roasted onions with roasted serrano peppers, roasted garlic, and roasted tomatoes or tomatillos, oregano, and olive oil. To store, keep onions in a cool, dark, dry place.
This Side Dish Recipe was published in 'Cooking The RealAge Way, Turn Back Your Biological Clock with More Than 80 Delicious and Easy Recipes (MICHAEL F. ROIZEN, M.D. and JOHN LA PUMA, M.D.) - p185 and p186'
Popular Recipes
-
1 teaspoon = 5 milliliters 1 tablespoon = 15 milliliters 1 fluid ounce = 30 milliliters 1 cup = 250 milliliters 1 pint = 2 cups (or 16 f... -
➤ When: Sweet cherries are available starting in late May. Sour (tart) cherries ripen later and appear for just a few weeks in July. They’r...
-
You’ll need to crumble the cornbread and biscuits and let them dry overnight. (You can substitute store-bought for the homemade.) To toast p... -
The ancient wheat species spelt, probably a hybrid of emmer and bread wheat, was widely cultivated in parts of Europe during the Bronze Age....
-
Yield: 8 servings This is tasty appetizer that is good either warm or cold. Ingredients: • 1 cup (208 g) dry navy beans • ½ cup (80 g)...
-
Chef Bill Telepan’s eponymous restaurant, Telepan, opened on the Upper West Side of New York in December of 2005, following the release of ... -
Ingredients: • 1⁄4 cup Cranberry Balsamic Vinegar (recipe follows) or regular balsamic vinegar • 1 tablespoon light brown sugar (optional,...
-
Ingredients: 1½ cups chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs 3 tablespoons butter, melted 3 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 1 (14 oun...
-
A thirteenth-century cookery book contains one of the first written references to the tiny flour pellets called couscous. At the time, the a...
-
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar ¼ cup cocoa ¼ cup butter ½ cup milk ½ cup peanut butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 2½ cups oats ½ cup flaked cocon...
No comments:
Post a Comment