The most useful and delicious foods

The first third of winter passed, and it was time to cover the festive table. Take care that it has dishes with the six most useful and delicious products that you can find in any market: turkey meat, fennel (sweet dill), carrots, lettuce, cranberries and goat cheese. The most useful and tasty foods will help you to balance the lack of vitamins and nutrients in winter.

Turkey

One of the most useful and delicious foods is turkey meat. With high taste qualities, it is also the most high-energy type of meat, that is, containing a large amount of protein; a source of phosphorus, which is not less in it than in fish. Phosphorus promotes the work of the brain and the formation of bone tissue, helps the body absorb protein, fats and carbohydrates; a storehouse of vitamin PP - it prevents the appearance of cellulite, as well as normalizes the work of the cerebral cortex; The source of tyrosine is an amino acid, which also stimulates the brain.

Fennel

An excellent addition to the dishes will be the most useful and delicious product - fennel. He will make culinary works not only delicious, but also beautiful. Dill can also be used as a basis for some dishes. It is especially useful for those who suffer from edema, because it is a diuretic and regulates the level of urea and uric acid in the body; helps to remove stones from the kidneys; stimulates appetite and promotes better digestion; is a natural analgesic; helps to get rid of cough; saves from insomnia.

Carrot

It is useful to use all year round. In addition to the fact that the vegetable is one of the best tonic and restorative products, as well as the source of almost all types of vitamins, it can be an excellent medicine, especially in the cold season. For colds with carrot juice should gargle. Carrot juice should be consumed with increased acidity of the stomach. Carrot juice with honey helps to prevent a strong cough and hoarseness. Carrot juice with milk will help relieve attacks of bronchial asthma.

Salad leaves

This is one of the most low-calorie foods. But at the same time it contains a huge amount of useful substances. Therefore, lettuce leaves are recommended for everyone who wants to lose excess weight, while providing their body with: protein; sugar; potassium salts; calcium; iron; phosphorus; vitamins A, B1; B2, P and E. In addition, lettuce leaves: have a calming and analgesic effect on the entire body, relieve insomnia; have refreshing and thirsting properties.

Cranberry

At the first signs of fever, it is recommended to use cranberry juice, because the berry has: antipyretic properties; good thirst action; bactericidal action, especially on coccal forms of microbes; the ability to remove slags and pathogenic bacteria.

Goat cheese

It can be eaten even by those who are on a diet, because it is a low-calorie product, unlike any other, while promoting digestion, and it contains a huge amount of useful substances: calcium; phosphorus; vitamins В, В2, В12, С, A. Now on the market there is a huge quantity of kinds of goat's cheeses. But in one culinary experts are solid - goat cheese most delicately reveals its taste when it is baked.

Delicious apple-meat dish.

You will need:

1 bottle of dry white wine;

1 bunch of celery, chopped;

2 carrots, sliced;

1 large onion, sliced;

1 tbsp. l. black peppercorns;

1 bay leaf;

3 heads of garlic, finely chopped;

1 breast of turkey, about 2.5-3 kg;

3 tbsp. l. butter at room temperature;

3 tbsp. l. flour;

1 tbsp. l. butter;

6 small red apples cut in half;

1/4 tbsp. white wine;

1 tbsp. l. fresh thyme, chopped.

Preparation:
1. Put a turkey breast in a large clay pot, add wine, celery, carrots, onions, peppers, bay leaves, garlic. Top with turkey bones and press down the dish from above. Add water to cover the contents of the pot.

2. Bring the dish to a boil, then reduce the temperature and cook the meat over low heat for 30 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C, along with it, heat an empty clay pot in which you will bake meat. Then take out the container, place the turkey in it and pour half the broth, in which the meat was boiled. Bring to a boil.

4. Cover the pot with a lid and put the turkey in the oven. Extinguish from 45 minutes to an hour, occasionally oiling.

5. To prepare the sauce, drain the remaining liquid after extinguishing the meat in the oven in a large bowl. Add the broth from the turkey. The resulting mixture pour into a saucepan and bring to a boil.

6. In a small bowl, mix the oil and flour until a uniform mass is formed.

7. Add 1 tsp. flour mixture in a boiling liquid. Boil for 30 minutes until the liquid thickens. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

8. For cooking apples, melt the butter in a frying pan, put apples on it, simmer them for 10-15 minutes.

9. Add white wine and thyme, bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. Serve with chopped turkey and sauce.