SALMON WITH VIVALDI POTATO SOUP. HEALTH BENEFITS OF POTATOES. VIVALDI POTATOES FOR SLIMMING

HEALTH BENEFITS OF POTATOES.

VIVALDI POTATOES FOR SLIMMING 

SALMON WITH VIVALDI POTATO SOUP

This is a very easy to prepare, yet highly nutritious and delicious one dish meal, which is very suitable for lunch.

All you need to do is

1 slice fresh salmon- clean and cut into half

1 large onion-minced and sauté in 1 tbsp olive oil until caramalised.

Add in 3 cloves, 1 star anise, 2 cardamom and  half inch cinnamon- just a touch of spices but not too heavy. 

Next, add in 3 cups chicken stock , 3 vivaldi potatoes (or use baby potatoes), salt and 1 tsp ground black pepper.

When potatoes 70% cooked, add salmon. After 10 mins,

Add long beans-cook al dente.

Garnish with minced coriander for enhance flavor. Scallion if you like.

Serve hot 

POTATOES Extract links- here  and  here

Eating  potatoes in the form of greasy fries/ chips or even baked with fats, can be a health hazard. Minus the fat, a baked potato becomes an exceptionally healthy low calorie, high fiber food. Baked, steamed or healthy sautéed but not friedâ"

Health benefits

Our food ranking system qualified potatoes as a good source of vitamin B6, vitamin C, copper, potassium, manganese, dietary fiber and antioxidant.

Humans can  survive healthily on a potato diet supplemented only with milk or butter, which contain the two vitamins not found in potatoes (vit A and D)

Culinary uses

Potatoes are prepared in many ways: skin-on/ peeled, hot/ cold. The only requirement involves cooking, in order to swell the starch granules.

A normal size baked potato has about 11.5% of our daily value for fiber, which is mostly in the skin. For cholesterol-lowering, colon cancer preventing and bowel supportive fiber, eat the skin as well as its creamy center.

If you want to watch what you eat, this is it…

Scientists make 'slimming' potato - extract link  here 

vivaldi

vivaldi-large- The Vivaldi received a Gold award in the Fresh Produce category at the National Quality Food Awards. albert-bartlett.co.uk image  

After 9 years of research and breeding, according to scientists, the potato, known as the Vivaldi, has more than a third less carbohydrate than usual. Allied Laboratory Services tests suggested that on average, Vivaldi has 26% less carbohydrate and 33% fewer calories.

The potato was developed by a company, Naturally Best’, in Lincolnshire, England and named after Antonio Vivaldi, the Baroque music composer.

It has a  yellow skin and pale yellow flesh and which are resistant to scab. Also known as the ‘butterless baker’, due to it’s creamy texture and flavor.

Although potatoes are among the Nightshade Vegetables, controversial foods, yet they are far from being the devil’s food.

Potatoes have high concentration of vitamin B6. 100g of baked potato contains 21 per cent of the daily value of vitamin B6, which is benefial for:

1-Building body cells- Vitamin B6 is needed for virtually all cells renewal.

The creation oh Heme  needs B6 (the protein center of our red blood cells) The creation of  phospholipids needs B6 (cells for messages between cells).

2- Brain Cell and Nervous System Activity-  B6 is needed for normal brain function, lack of which can cause sleeping problems and depression. B6 is a stress relief vitamin.

3- Cardiovascular Protection- Many essential chemical events in the body are made by a process called methylation, for example, genes can be switched on and turned off in this way. 

Switching on and off genes is particularly important in cancer prevention
An example is gene p53. It is a tumor suppressor gene, thus it is good for tumor prevention.

High homocysteine levels often increase risk for heart attack/ stroke and damage blood vessel walls. Vitamin B6 can help keep this levels low.