Showing posts with label vegetables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegetables. Show all posts
Vegetable for the day: Lettuce
Lettuce is said to be a fat free, low calorie food and is good for a well balanced diet. It is a valueable source of Vitamin A and folic acid.
Our family usually eats it fresh with no added dressing. We match it with fried foods like the common burger and fish fillet. A good friend also taught us to add whole corn kernels and century tuna with it, for a change. He he!
However, there are times when we are hesistant in buying a lot of this vegetable because of its relatively high price. Compared to other native vegetables in the Philippines, a kilo of lettuce is very expensive.
I remember buying a lot of lettuce when I went to Baguio where a kilo of lettuce used to be 20 pesos only. Now, we get to buy if for as much as 60 to 80 pesos per kilo in our local super market.
Adobong Kangkong
Meet another family favorite: Adobong Kangkong.
Ingredients:
Kangkong leaves and stalks, garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar
Among all local vegetables, I think, kangkong is on top of my list. It’s green. It’s leafy. It’s CHEAP.
When I was a lot younger, I used to eat its leaves alone. Eating two or three of its leaves was already a big accomplishment back then. However, as I grew up, my love for kangkong also developed. Right now, I feel very happy everytime kangkong is served to us at home. I eat a lot of it too. It makes me happy ‘cause I know that it’s a good source of fiber and fiber aids in good digestion. But we have to be careful in eating kangkong these days, especially when you buy it outside. We can’t be sure of its source, so, we have to clean it very well before cooking. If we buy it outside, however, we can’t be certain that the cook did clean it well. So, be extra careful.
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