Tomatoes are my least favourite of the 14 superfoods so I decided to select some recipes to make a tasty way to incorporate them. Apart from specific recipes tomatoes can be incorporated into meals by stirring puree or paste into soups, stews and curries, using in spaghetti sauces and pizza toppings.
One serving of processed tomatoes a day (processing breaks down the cell walls and releases the lycopene) and one serving of fresh per day. Try for extra servings throughout the week.
Sidekicks include Watermelon, persimmons, pink grapefruit, red papaya and strawberry guava.
Try to have a little dietary fat with each serving, i.e olive oil on tomatoes, watermelon tossed in a salad with a little feta, grapefruit and a slice of toast and butter, even just a few nuts help. The absorption of lycopene depends on the presence of a little dietary fat.
Superpowers of tomatoes and sidekicks: lower cancer risk, increase of skin sun-protection factor (sun block from the inside!), preventing age related degeneration such as cataracts. Reduces risk of cardiovascular disease.
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