Summer is over and autumn is starting to show the tip of its nose. Did you know that this time of year lends itself to the discovery of many fruits and vegetables, sources of vitamins and nutrients? Consuming in season means strengthening your health capital while preserving your wallet.
We have the solution to prepare your body to face winter with confidence. Follow the recipe and treat yourself to the top 5 best foods to discover in autumn. Bon appetit!
Did you know that cucurbits are not vegetables, but fruits with seeds? This category with a name that makes you smile includes delicious ingredients:pumpkin, butternut squash, pumpkin and squash. These foods are available in a multitude of recipes, each tastier than the next. Try your hand at the art of soup or gratin and bring vibrant colors to your plates while providing your body with an essential supply of vitamins A and C. Cucurbits are naturally rich in antioxidants, a powerful weapon of prevention against the cancer. Strengthen your immune system and gain tone while enjoying yourself!
Tip:Fall is also Halloween season. If you follow the tradition to the letter by decorating a pumpkin with your children, do not throw it away when the festivities are over. Use it as a container to serve your favorite soups or drinks the American way and impress your guests!
If there is one fruit particularly expected in autumn, it is grapes. September and October are the best months for tasting delicious, well-stocked grapes. The grape, which comes from the vine, is available in two very different varieties in terms of taste and virtues for the organism:the white grape, fruity and floral, and the black grape, musky and fragrant.
This autumnal fruit is rich in B vitamins and activates tissue regeneration , which makes it a good healer. Its high potassium content makes it a real ally for easier digestion. Finally, consuming grapes will guarantee you good cardiovascular protection and a natural energy gain.
Tip:to choose your grapes well, prefer those whose fruits are hard, tight and ripe. Indeed, picking stops the ripening process!
The rainy season often rhymes with lower tone and low vitality . Nature is well done and the autumn months bring with them an inexhaustible source of energy :citrus fruits. Lemon, tangerine, orange or even grapefruit, choose the fruit of your desires for a vitamin cure ! Add bitterness or acidity to your dishes and boost your body . Enjoy your citrus fruits in quarters in a salad, whole for breakfast or squeezed in juice.
Very low in calories, citrus fruits have a powerful antibacterial power and help you fight daily aggressions. Have a healthy glow and a perfect complexion thanks to the virtues of vitamin C. Did you know that a glass of citrus juice contains 50% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C?
Champignons de Paris, porcini mushrooms, chanterelles are among the most popular and consumed mushrooms in France. Autumn is inseparable from the traditional walk in the forest to go mushroom picking. These atypically shaped vegetables are very tasty and can be eaten raw or cooked, in salads or as an accompaniment to meat as desired. They give your dishes a particularly woody scent and enhance their flavor.
Consuming 100 g of button mushrooms will be enough to provide you with an important source of vitamin D, strengthen your immune system and activate your metabolism thanks to their high trace element content. If you go mushroom picking, remember to document yourself beforehand to check their edibility.
Forgotten vegetables are vegetables that were eaten in the past. They are gradually being brought up to date both for their exceptional flavors and for their great health benefits .
The sweet flavor of parsnip, close to celery, will offer an original taste to your culinary creations. The Jerusalem artichoke has the appearance of ginger in its shape and color, but its taste is similar to the artichoke. Eat them breaded, sautéed or au gratin, as you wish.
The alkalizing properties of forgotten vegetables help soothe digestion . Their high carbohydrate and fiber content contributes to good intestinal health. Vitamins B, C and E with which they are equipped will give you all the weapons you need to tackle winter in complete peace of mind.
How about trying some parsnip chips?
On tonight's menu, we offer a selection of autumn products to warm up your end of the day:
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Now you are ready to dare the most surprising combinations of your seasonal fruits and vegetables to discover ever more delicious recipes with which to treat yourself. Fill up on energy in your soups or gratins:the gloom of autumn will not be found on the plate!
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