Ask almost anyone for a list of
healthy foods and you're sure to
hear broccoli mentioned pretty
quickly. But the thing of it is,
broccoli has a couple of
lesser-known relatives that are
frequently overlooked, and both of
them bring a lot to the table, no
pun intended! Broccoli rabe is a
fiber heavyweight- one bunch
provides more than 12 grams of the
stuff, putting it right up there
with beans, also included in this
recipe, on the list of fiber
all-stars. It also has more
potassium than almost any other
food I've researched-one bunch
provides an almost unbelievable
1,499 mg (a medium banana has 422
mg). And baby broccoli, or
broccolini, is just delicious. It's
less crunchy than the regular kind
and has a nice, almost sweet,
taste, more similar to asparagus
without the sulfurlike smell! Both
rabe and baby broc are members of
the brassica family of vegetable
royalty (which also includes
Brussels sprouts and cabbage) and
are loaded with plant compounds
called indoles, which are known to
have cancer-fighting activity.
There's probably not a more
guilt-free way to enjoy a potato
than this one!
