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Vegetables and nutrition : instructions for use
Five a day it's easy ! All the answers to take advantage of vegetables benefits.
Freshly picked onto your plate
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Tomatoes abound all year round. But don’t contend yourself with the sad specimens in autumn, the sour, bland ones in...
Fruit & vegetables rhyme with season, so be careful!
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Strawberries in winter and grape in spring… The offer of fruit and vegetables on the stalls of markets or in the...
Canned / frozen vegetables vs fresh vegetables: what to think of it?
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It is often said that it is better to consume fresh vegetables or even worse, that frozen or canned vegetables do not...
Let’s stop saying « not enough time to cook vegetables »
Quick cuisine
You think that fresh vegetables require too much time of preparation? With washing, peeling and baking, time goes by...
Prepare and enjoy vegetables that have character!
Special dishes
Use your ingenuity in combining them: match the plumpness of the artichoke or aubergine with the sleekness of carrots...
Vegetables for top physical performance
Healthy eating
Vegetables have a high water content: green ones, red ones, white ones... Water is distributed naturally to cells...
Not a moment to lose!
Quick cuisine
Any vegetable served "plain" is marvelously suited for all your recipes: a mix of frozen vegetables can be...
Preparing light and even extra-light menus
Low-calorie cooking
Eat as many vegetables as you like at the start of your meal. They're very low in calories, they'll curb your hunger,...
Teach very small children to enjoy vegetables from the time they're five or six months old
Children
Vegetables are salt-free and easy to handle, so have small children try the taste of cauliflower, green beans and...
How do we preserve the beautiful colours of vegetables?
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A tip from the chef: to preserve the naturally beautiful colour of your vegetables, it's important to blanch them...
Random tip
The acidic flavour of sorrel comes from the oxalic acid in the leaves. Round-leaf sorrel has a slightly lemony taste that goes perfectly with fish, soups, white sauces, creams, eggs, poultry and white meats as well as goat’s cheese.
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Vegetables contain a range of complementary antioxidants: anthocyans, lycopene, polyphenols, lutein, etc. These slow down the ageing process and give us advance protection from degenerative illnesses.