Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Simple Eggs and Parsley

This is a super healthy breakfast, and its surprisingly tasty too! As always I support local and organic!

Herbs are an important addition to our diet, not only are they medicinal at times, but they have certain essential nutrients that we just don't get out of our typical American diet. So try this once per day, to add an herb to a stir fry, or a sandwich, or breakfast at that!

2 pieces of small whole wheat bread, toasted.
1 free range, happy, local chicken egg [studies show significant decrease in cholesterol, as well as higher nutrition in these babies!]
1/2 cup chopped parsley, I use curly leaf
1T olive oil
Some salt and pepper

In pan, saute parsley for under a minute, quickly, in salt and pepper and oil, just to steam it more than cook it. Crack an egg over the parsley, and let sit for a few, then flip and cook through, or to your liking. Throw a few thin slices of cheese [cheddar, feta, or goat] on top and make a sandwich. Enjoy!
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Health Benefits: 2 types of unusual components that provide unique health benefits. The first type is volatile oil components—including myristicin, limonene, eugenol, and alpha-thujene. The second type is flavonoids—including apiin, apigenin, crisoeriol, and luteolin.

A Rich Source of Anti-Oxidant Nutrients thank you flavonoids!

Parsley for a Healthy Heart: it has folic acid, one of the most important B vitamins. While it plays numerous roles in the body, one of its most critical roles in relation to cardiovascular health



Parsley
2.00 tbs
7.60 grams
2.74 calories
NutrientAmountDV
(%)
Nutrient
Density
World's Healthiest
Foods Rating
vitamin K124.64 mcg155.81023.5excellent
vitamin C10.11 mg16.9110.7excellent
vitamin A640.22 IU12.884.1excellent
folate11.55 mcg2.919.0good
iron0.47 mg2.617.2good
World's Healthiest
Foods Rating
Rule
excellent DV>=75% OR
Density>=7.6 AND DV>=10%
very good DV>=50% OR
Density>=3.4 AND DV>=5%
good DV>=25% OR
Density>=1.5 AND DV>=2.5%
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=100

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